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percussion

[per-kuhsh-uhn] / pərˈkʌʃ ən /


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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

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

Stravinsky’s tangy Symphonies of Wind Instruments pairs well with the playful strangeness of Bartok’s rarely heard Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion, which featured the star pianist Daniil Trifonov and his former teacher Sergei Babayan.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

Percussion is of valuable service in this affection.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.




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