Category talk:Keyboard percussion instruments

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Category scope and name

Some sources:

http://www.theconcertband.com/keyboard-percussion.html The major keyboard percussion instruments are the xylophone, the glockenspiel, the marimba, and the vibraphone. (Strictly speaking, the piano is also a percussion instrument... (my emphasis). That seems to imply that the the celesta is also keyboard percussion, contrary to [1].
Google "keyboard percussion" -Wikipedia gave me 702,000 ghits
Google "mallet percussion" -Wikipedia gave me 742,000 ghits
Google "melodic percussion" -Wikipedia gave me 131,000 ghits
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/percussion101-concertKeyboard.php Headed Keyboard percussion and covers xylophone, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone and chimes.
http://www.pas.org/Libraries/PASIC_Archives/ChandlerNorton97.sflb.ashx Keyboard Percussion by Eric Chandler and Chris Norton (neither seems to have Wikipedia articles yet) The standard keyboard percussion family of instruments includes the marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, orchestra bells (glockenspiel), and chimes (tubular bells).
http://www.pearldrummersforum.com/forumdisplay.php?49-Keyboard-Percussion Forum: Keyboard Percussion. The place to discuss Marimbas, Xylophones, Glockenspiels and other keyboard instruments.
http://clarkgrizvold.hubpages.com/hub/Melodic-Percussion-Mallet-Instruments (link is blacklisted) ...xylophones, marimbas, glockenspiels, and other percussion instruments that have multiple bars or notes and are usually played with mallets.
http://hub.webring.org/hub/melodicpercussio Melodic Percussion WebRing A new webring for sites about melodic percussion - xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel and other instruments.

Conclusion: Yes, it does seem that keyboard percussion is a common name for modern mallet percussion, and even on balance that the celesta is excluded despite it having a keyboard while keyboard percussion instruments don't. I guess it's as logical as saying that tympani aren't mallet percussion, which is also the normal usage. I have learned something! Andrewa (talk) 19:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]