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percussion

[per-kuhsh-uhn] / pərˈkʌʃ ən /


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It’s evidence of the eighth-grader who played percussion.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Snow” is a middling pop number dressed up with a trebly pulsating synth, while “Bass Persuades Remixx” is a decent rework of the opening track, adding some sawtooth synths and switching up the percussion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

A good way to internalize the rhythm is to by first learning the rhyme, then adding the body percussion.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

The thunder, in quick, sharp percussions, broke over the ravine; but as yet it rained not.

From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart




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