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General reference books

Adato, Joseph; Judy, George (1984). The Percussionist's Dictionary: Translations, Descriptions, and Photographs of Percussion Instruments from Around the World. Alfred Music. ISBN 978-1-4574-9382-9. OCLC 54967374.
Beck, John H., ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of Percussion (Second ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-97123-2. OCLC 71632274.
Brindle, Reginald Smith (1970). Contemporary Percussion. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816247-6. OCLC 22629441.
Girsberger, Russ (1998). Cirone, Anthony J. (ed.). A Practical Guide to Percussion Terminology. Meredith Music. ISBN 978-1-5746-3059-6. OCLC 40625607.
Holland, James (2005). Practical Percussion: A Guide to the Instruments and Their Sources. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-7063-6. OCLC 681550519.
Klöwer, Töm (1997). The Joy of Drumming: Drums & Percussion Instruments From Around the World. Binkey Kok. ISBN 978-9-0745-9731-9. OCLC 38453581.
Peinkofer, Karl; Tannigel, Fritz (1976). Handbook of Percussion Instruments. Translated by Stone, Kurt and Else. Schott Music. OCLC 2215857.
Strain, James Allen (2017). A Dictionary for the Modern Percussionist and Drummer. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8693-3. OCLC 974035735.

Rossing, Thomas D. (2000). Science of Percussion Instruments. World Scientific. ISBN 978-9-8102-4158-2. OCLC 45679450.

Barnhart, Stephen L. (2000). Gillespie, John (ed.). Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-3132-9627-7. OCLC 42289731.
Larrick, Geary (1992). Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Percussionists. Edwin Mellen. ISBN 978-0-7734-9559-3. OCLC 25915978.

Aldridge, John (1994). Guide to Vintage Drums. Centerstream Publishing. ISBN 978-0-931-75979-6. OCLC 32097991.
Cangany, Harry (1996). Horn, Rick Van (ed.). The Great American Drums and the Companies that Made Them, 1920-1969. Modern Drummer Publications. ISBN 978-0-7935-6356-2. OCLC 37001399.

Petrella, Nick (2002). The Ultimate Guide to Cymbals. Carl Fischer. ISBN 978-0-8258-4905-3. OCLC 52365873.
Pinksterboer, Hugo (1993). Mattingly, Rick (ed.). The Cymbal Book. Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-1-4768-6639-0. OCLC 27930431.

Brennan, Matt (2020). Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-068388-7. OCLC 1134148754.

Blades, James (2021). Glennie, Evelyn; Percy, Neil (eds.). Percussion Instruments and Their History (Extended ed.). Kahn & Averill. ISBN 978-0-9957-5743-1. OCLC 1259692236.
Montagu, Jeremy (2002). Timpani and Percussion. Yale Musical Instrument Series. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-3000-9337-7. OCLC 48930597.

Reed, H. Owen; Leach, Joel T. (2010). Scoring for Percussion and the Instruments of the Percussion Section (Revised ed.). Alfred Music. ISBN 978-0-7390-5279-2. OCLC 4589.
Solomon, Samuel Z. (2016). How to Write for Percussion: A Comprehensive Guide to Percussion Composition (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-992035-8. OCLC 936117814.

Siwe, Thomas (2020). Artful Noise: Percussion Literature in the Twentieth Century. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-2520-4313-0. OCLC 0252052013.

Schweizer, Steven (2010). Timpani Tone and the Interpretation of Baroque and Classical Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1997-5041-2. OCLC 656359251.

Name	Links	Years	ISSN	Notes
Modern Drummer	Official website	1977–	ISSN 0194-4533	The magazine is active
DRUMscene	Official website	1995–	[N/A]	The magazine is semi-active
DRUM!	Official website	1991–2019	ISSN 1097-0614	The magazine has ceased publication; the website is still moderately active
Rhythm	Official website ^{[dead link‍]}	1985–2021	ISSN 0957-6592	The magazine has ceased publication; the website is currently inoperative
drums&percussion [de]	Official website ^{[dead link‍]}	1982–2024	ISSN 0176-8832	A German-language magazine that has ceased publication; the website is currently inoperative

Name	Links	Years	ISSN	Notes
Percussive Notes	Official website	1963–	ISSN 0553-6502	The most popular trade and research journal for professional percussionists