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percussion

[per-kuhsh-uhn] / pərˈkʌʃ ən /


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Still, with its smooth strings, creamy brass, pungent winds and friendly percussion, Noseda’s NSO came across as a gracious orchestra meant to please, and, consequently, a seemingly marvelous anomaly in an otherwise divisive present-day D.C.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

The most infectious song on the album is Ms Paper, which takes a detour into Bouyon – a Dominican music characterised by high tempos and frantic percussion.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The overall sound is highly dramatic, with massed voices, quaking beats, horses whinnying in the distance, and percussion that evokes the threat of a rattlesnake.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Having already picked up percussion, she was eventually able to sit in and play with them alongside her father and uncles.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

To African drums, the Cubans gradually added an array of percussion instruments that were native to the region, such as the claves and the maracas.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Whereas on tracks like “Dime” and “Flores,” there are distinct orchestral peaks, in which subtle percussions give way to grander, more cathartic releases.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 2, 2025

The song “ICU” starts with haunting “oohs” and calm percussions.

From Washington Post Mar. 8, 2023

Jeremiah Green’s buoyant percussions — that frequently lift and propel Modest Mouse songs in unorthodox ways — bounced the sold-out crowd like a tattered basketball on the Showbox’s famously springy floor.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2023

After the meeting, I just went to a studio and started recording for three weeks, and it’s all these jams, all these percussions and flutes.

From Slate Aug. 30, 2021

Ten seconds later they were running full speed, with the muffler cut out, and sharp percussions puncturing the air like a Gatling gun's terrific detonations.

From A Husband by Proxy by Jack Steele




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