Instruments to make an offbeat rhythm?

It has to sound lower than the bass instrument in that family, eg. contrabass saxophone. You can go one better: the subcontrabass. Don't expect to see one in your local orchestra anytime soon,...

Percuss is a medical term, to strike. When the doctor percusses your chest, she is striking it. So a percussion instrument is struck, mainly. There are others that you can shake, rattle or stroke,...

A rhythm instrument is an instrument that produces a beat, like a drum.

an instrument that has a constant set of sounds or a sound that is repeated in a pattern

An offbeat is a beat that is unusual. It is something that is different from the rest of the musical phrase. x