percussion
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Percussion instruments—including a whistle and slap-stick—interrupt and startle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
That program began with a small octet by Stravinsky and Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
Cawley and her colleagues from the ensemble Mantra Percussion were at the viaduct, which runs along Queens Boulevard and under the 7 train, to test the sound of its vaulted ceiling.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024
Song and his team have filed a patent on his invention, called "Detecting Elbow Erosion by Percussion Method with Machine Learning."
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023
Patti, Adelina, 203, 204, 238, 242, 245, 247 Pedals, pianoforte, 195, 196 Pedants, 13, 315 Percussion instruments, 110 et seq.
From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
Vocabulary lists containing percussion
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