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Percussion instruments
Percussion instruments are played by striking, shaking, scraping, or similar actions.
Level relevance: introduced at Nat 4; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.
Explanation
Percussion can provide rhythm, colour, accents, and texture. It includes tuned and untuned instruments as well as sampled and electronic percussion.
Topics
InstrumentsTimbreRhythm
Curriculum statusofficial concept
Review statusdraft
Sources
- National 5 Music Technology course specification, May 2023, version 3.0 · accessed 2026-07-08
Used for the National 3, National 4, and National 5 technology and music concept tables.