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#### 7.4.2 Entering percussion

Percussion notes may be entered in `\drummode` mode, which is similar to the standard mode for entering notes. Each piece of percussion has a full name and an abbreviated name, and both can be used in input files

>          \drums {
>            hihat hh bassdrum bd
>          }

The complete list of drum names is in the init file `ly/drumpitch-init.ly`.

##### See also

Program reference: note-event.

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