Small Percussion
Guiros, claves, triangles, rhythm sticks, castanets, musical spoons, blocks and shakers for elementary classroom rhythm programs.
NINO 3-tone Energy Chime
NINO Energy Chime
SUZUKI BARcussion Cymbal with Key Base
GMP Castania Drum / Spirit Drum
GMP Coconut Mbira / Kalimba Thumb Piano
GMP Energy Chime
GMP Metal Guiro
GMP Wooden Fish Guiro, 2 Sizes
SUZUKI replacement Striker for large triangles
Timber Drum Co. Wood Block
3 options
EMUS 8" Triangle, Chrome-Plated
Boomophone Whack Pack
Xylotote Boomwhacker Tube Holder
MEINL Wah-Wah tube large
TROPHY Train Whistle, Wood
Timber Drum Co Slapstick
SUZUKI Temple Blocks
SUZUKI Triangle
SUZUKI Castanet with holder
MEINL Vibra-Slap
GMP Replacement Guiro Scraper
Boomwhackers Octavator Caps
NINO wooden Kalimba
2 options
NINO Mini Guiro
2 colours
NINO 4" Triangle
MEINL Galaxy
MEINL Regular Kalimba
EMUS Triangle
EMUS Multi-Tone Tank with Handle
EMUS automatic Castanet
About Small Percussion
Hand-held percussion for classroom rhythm work: guiros, claves, rhythm sticks, triangles, castanets, wood and temple blocks, musical spoons, shakers, bells and tambourines.
These are the instruments a general music program runs on. They are small, they are practical to buy in quantity, they survive being handed out and collected each week, and every one of them makes an acceptable sound in the hands of a beginner.
Choosing between them comes down to what the part needs to do. Wooden instruments, meaning claves, wood blocks, rhythm sticks and temple blocks, give a dry click with no ring, which makes them the clearest for teaching a steady beat or a rhythm pattern. Metal instruments, the triangles, bells and finger cymbals, ring on and cut through, which suits marking a phrase or adding colour on a single note. Scraped and shaken instruments, the guiros, cabasas and shakers, fill the space in between.
Most of these are stocked in class packs as well as singly, which is the sensible way to equip a room where every student needs an instrument at once.
