cymbal

After punching out the raised bell and cutting it to size, what looks like the now recognisable cymbal must undergo the all-important hammering process.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

The delicate pitter-patter of a drum’s cymbal is the only sound to break through the thick brick wall of the obscure performance venue, Sun Space, and reach the wide, desolate Sunland Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Its beat is a mix of drum machines, sequenced electronics and an acoustic kit, as tricky cymbal flourishes and field recordings of wordless voices echo somewhere in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

The soldier wears a fur pelisse and holds a cymbal, which meant he was very likely to have belonged to a cavalry regiment, Ms Lavelle said.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025

The party went on, but the musical lilt of voices, the cymbal lightness of laughter, did not.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

For drummer Derin Bayhan, he would only ever use Istanbul-made cymbals because they're "100 percent handmade" and each one has a unique sound.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

In U.S. television, there’s a tendency to open every piece of sports programming with a clash of cymbals and a rhinoceros jumping through a flaming hoop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

She nailed complex paradiddles and splashed nearly a dozen cymbals with abandon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

The hilltop temples echoed with chants, while dance troupes performed with clanging cymbals and bagpipes.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025

Teddy finishes off his drum solo with a crash of cymbals.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman