General MIDI Percussion

27 (High-Q)

28 (Slap)

29 (Scratch Push)

30 (Scratch Pull)

31 (Sticks)

32 (Square Click)

33 (Metronome Click)

34 (Metronome Bell)

35 Acoustic Bass Drum

36 Bass Drum 1

37 Side Stick

38 Acoustic Snare

39 Hand Clap

40 Electric Snare

41 Low Floor Tom

42 Closed Hi Hat

43 High Floor Tom

44 Pedal Hi-Hat

45 Low Tom

46 Open Hi-Hat

47 Low-Mid Tom

48 Hi-Mid Tom

49 Crash Cymbal 1

50 High Tom

51 Ride Cymbal 1

52 Chinese Cymbal

53 Ride Bell

54 Tambourine

55 Splash Cymbal

56 Cowbell

57 Crash Cymbal 2

58 Vibraslap

59 Ride Cymbal 2

60 Hi Bongo

61 Low Bongo

62 Mute Hi Conga

63 Open Hi Conga

64 Low Conga

65 High Timbale

66 Low Timbale

67 High Agogo

68 Low Agogo

69 Cabasa

70 Maracas

71 Short Whistle

72 Long Whistle

73 Short Guiro

74 Long Guiro

75 Claves

76 Hi Wood Block

77 Low Wood Block

78 Mute Cuica

79 Open Cuica

80 Mute Triangle

81 Open Triangle

82 (Shaker)

83 (Jingle Bell)

84 (Bell Tree)

85 (Castanets)

86 (Mute Surdo)

87 (Open Surdo)

Percussion instruments are set on MIDI Channel 10 (when zero-based indexing is used, that corresponds to number 9).

General Midi Level 1 specs define percussion instruments in note range 35-81. Sounds for ranges 27-34 and 82-87 are defined in General Midi Level 2 specs.

General MIDI Percussion Chart

See also