percussion

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Other parts of the score feature jazz percussion and trumpets befitting 1950s England, where the story takes place.

From Los Angeles Times

Late in the album, the typically hushed “I Love You” tries something new, closing out with dramatic and bizarrely distorted percussion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Taylor is from a musical household and grew up in Arizona and Chicago, learning classical guitar and jazz percussion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Performed to the beats of a traditional percussion instrument, Lavani's origin goes back centuries.

From BBC

There is experimentation with found-object percussion, and recent Glass touches including colorful texture, expressive shifts in harmony and soundtrack-like tone painting.

From New York Times