No.
Marimba, Xylophone, and everything like that are percussion.

Nope, when you get strictly technical about it a keyboard is just the medium through which it is played.

Damn. This is still a discussion. Okay.

A drum makes music. It is an instrument. What else is there to know? You tune them. They play notes. They can be tuned to keys. You can play melodies on them.

Wait we haven't decided this yet?
I thought we already said it was. -_-

Percussion is a type of instrument. Even if the drums don't create a distinct melody, it creates rhythym - an element of music.

That's basically my opinion as well. Technically, anything that can make a sound can be used as a musical instrument.

And drums can and need to be tuned/maintained over time. Snares become loose, and basically, readjusting anything on a drum kit is "tuning" it because there is no specific sound a drum needs in order to make music.

Hey, a very good question! I think it's of course an musical instrument, but you can easily poke drummers by discusting it! In our band e.g. if we say ("only the instruments") is meant: everyone plays but the drums not:-)

Yes. Of course it is.

It's not really a good question at all. It's a douche bag question really.

>.> Why does this still exist?
No one's arguing anymore.
Everyone's saying the same thing.