cymbal
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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
His press rolls and cymbal crashes urge on Mr. Harrison’s expanding circles of improvisation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 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
It’s like hearing a drum roll — the ball charging down the lane — with no crashing cymbal at the end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
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
"Even if you bought two from the same series, the same weight and structure, the two cymbals wouldn't perfectly match. Because it's handmade, it's basically an adventure," the 42-year-old told AFP.
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
The hilltop temples echoed with chants, while dance troupes performed with clanging cymbals and bagpipes.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
It all belongs, in the same way the crash of Chinese cymbals in the remix of Sammie’s signature song “I Lied to You” only punches up that gumbo’s flavor.
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
But each time the drums boomed and the cymbals clashed, the soldiers marched harder and seemed taller.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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