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I'm trying to find the title for music containing all percussion instruments (pianos/xylophones not included) such as drum corps and marching band drum breakdowns. I'd basically like to listen to music completely consisting of drum beats. What would one call this genre? If I wanted to listen to this on Pandora, for instance, what would I put in the search field?

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Well... Stomp is considered a musical. – crasic May 13 '11 at 9:17

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Percussion, by definition, includes pitched percussion. So it sounds like you're looking specifically for "non pitched percussion music".

Some descripting terms that come to mind might be drum circle, drum line, rhythm music, street beats, african drumming.

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Look for "percussion ensemble". – Wheat Williams Aug 25 '11 at 2:48
@Wheat Percussion Ensemble instrumentation usually includes pitched percussion instruments such as marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, tubular bells, orchestra bells, and timpani. You're right that instrumentations without those instruments still might be labeled "percussion ensemble," but that won't help to exclude the pitched instruments. – NReilingh♦ Aug 25 '11 at 3:12
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See also percussion ensemble and drum troupe.

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You won't find such name, percussion is arguably the most versatile of any instrument family in that it can be used in practically every genre or style of music. You may find something in this query, like Cumbia...

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I would just call it "Percussion music". Google does seem to return results for that.

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