Percussion

Percussion (パーカッション) is a family of instruments that produce sound by being struck, shaken, or scraped. A musician who plays percussion instruments is called a percussionist or simply a percussion player.

Instruments
Percussion instruments are most commonly divided into two classes: Pitched percussion, which produce notes with an identifiable pitch, and unpitched percussion, which produce notes or sounds without an identifiable pitch.

Pitched

 * Timpani
 * Rototoms
 * Mallet Percussion
 * Glockenspiel/Bells
 * Marimba
 * Tubular Bells/Chimes
 * Vibraphone
 * Xylophone

Unpitched

 * Auxiliary Percussion (Triangle, tambourine, etc.)
 * Drum Set
 * Snare Drum
 * Tom-tom
 * Bass Drum
 * Cymbal

As portrayed in Sound! Euphonium
There are six students that play percussion instruments in Kitauji High School Concert Band, including:
 * Narai Tanabe- Principal Percussion, Percussion Section Leader
 * Masako Sakai
 * Saki Kayama
 * Miyoko Oono
 * Junna Inoue
 * Tsubame Kamaya

In Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day, several more percussionists join the ensemble:
 * Une Kitada
 * Rairi Hayashi
 * Motoko Higashiura
 * Aota Maeda
 * Sousuke Maeda
 * Michiko Machida

In addition, the section's percussion instructor, Masahiro Hashimoto, majored in percussion performance in college.

Trivia

 * The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.
 * Percussionists are required to play multiple instruments in the orchestra or band, unlike other players who are limited to one instrument each. Being a percussionist is a highly respected job and is in charge of providing guidance and timing to the rest of the band. Hence, without percussion, the band is unable to function well.