As you might have guessed, that means this is an instrument family with a huge amount of variety, ranging from the triangle to large keyboard percussion instruments like the xylophone. But broadly ...

Dr Peter Zinovieff brought along Ghanaian Xylophone (Gyil). It is an instrument traditionally only played by men in Ghana. Xylophones can be played solo, but are also frequently played in pairs ...

The bigger instruments create a lower sound. The percussion family includes the timpani drums, bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, xylophone and many others. These are all played by hitting ...