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Letter	Hint	Answer	% Correct
H	One of the types of cymbals in a standard drum set.	Hi-hat	87%
J	Country where the solo marimba was developed extensively in the 1960s.	Japan	80%
I	The state where Third Coast Percussion is based in.	Illinois	73%
L	Percussion online shop in USA, headquartered in Texas.	Lone Star Percussion	73%
N	Michael Burritt is professor of percussion at a university located in this state.	New York	73%
R	Music genre brought prominent by George Hamilton Green, who wrote a number of pieces of this genre for xylophone.	Ragtime	67%
B	American jazz vibraphonist, who was credited with inventing one of the cross grips.	Gary Burton	60%
M	Major cymbal manufacturer, along with Zildjian, Paiste and Sabian.	Meinl	60%
P	One of the flam rudiments, which involves groups of 16th notes and playing a flam at the first and the last note of each group.	Pataflafla	60%
F	Keiko Abe's first solo composition.	Frogs	53%
Y	One of the most famous elementary 4-mallet pieces in marimba repertoire, written in modal.	Yellow After The Rain	53%
E	The first name of a deaf Scottish percussion virtuoso, who also wrote A Little Prayer.	Evelyn	47%
G	This country's national instrument is the marimba.	Guatemala	47%
W	Notorious piece by Casey Cangelosi, known for quick running notes and near-impossible playing.	White Knuckle Stroll	47%
D	The title of an avantgarde multipercussion piece by Morton Feldman: The King of _______	Denmark	40%
Z	Serbian-German composer known for his works 'Ilijas', 'Pezzo da Concerto No. 1', and 'Ultimatum No. 2', just to name a few.	Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic	40%
K	Advanced solo marimba work based on Qawwali music by Alejandro Vinao.	Khan Variations	33%
O	Famous marimba quartet work by Nigel Westlake, inspired by a painting of the same name by Paul Klee.	Omphalo Centric Lecture	33%
Q	Percussion duo consisting of Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscious.	Quey Percussion Duo	27%
S	The founder of Marimba One.	Ron Samuels	27%
V	Composer of multipercussion piece 'She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket'.	Kevin Volans	20%
C	The composer of the first Marimba Concerto ever written.	Paul Creston	20%
A	The title of a piece written by Gordon Stout, commonly associated with his Two Mexican Dances.	Astral Dance	13%
X	Keiko Abe founded this chamber music group with her friends in 1962.	Xebec Marimba Trio	13%
U	The only female member of the Wave Quartet, and a member of the Wave Duo. A famous piece of hers is The Art of Thangka.	Emiko Uchiyama	7%
T	Piece arranged by Nanae Mimura, based on a very famous Baroque piece.	Transformation of Pachelbel's Canon	7%