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Meanings of percussion instrument in anglès

rus
ударный музыкальный инструмент
portuguès
percutir
espanyol
instrumentos de percusión
català
instrument musical de percussió
Wikidata

Type of musical instrument that produces a sound by directly hitting it.

Related terms
instrument musical de percussió
portuguès
instrumentos de percussão
català
instrument de percussió
espanyol
instrumento de percusión

A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another.

instrument de percussió
Usage of percussion instrument in anglès
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Stravinsky's shrill, rhythmic energies are cast in new colours, with piano as glittering percussion instrument.
The Guardian
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She's commissioned over 200 works for the percussion instrument.
Radio NZ
3
Christine Salem comes on shaking a kayamb, a tray-like percussion instrument constructed from cane stalks.
The Guardian
4
Horsley sees knives as a percussion instrument.
Radio NZ
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For the conclusion, I felt the only percussion instrument, apart from timpani, should be given its head.
Radio NZ
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Right: Park Wan Ok and Richard Hong get to grips with percussion instruments.
Radio NZ
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The money will fund the purchase and installation of large outdoor percussion instruments.
The Guardian
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Musical instruments, especially interesting-sounding percussion instruments and melodic flutes, were crafted and played.
The Shelters of Stone
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It was full of cheap souvenir percussion instruments, most of them stamped, CUBA'.
Dexter by Design
10
The percussion instruments were at first only used to mark and intensify the rhythm.
Myth and Science / An Essay
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On an electronic visit last October, two biospherians playing percussion instruments jammed with Cafe regulars.
Wired
12
A cacophony of squealing strings and overturned percussion instruments shattered any echoes of Bellini's masterpiece.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
13
They take to the streets, playing well-known joyful cacophonies on their brass and percussion instruments.
The South African
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And behind them … the percussion instruments, including, especially, a xylophone which takes a prominent part.
Radio NZ
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Holly started playing the drums a few years ago before she expanded to different percussion instruments.
Radio NZ
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Rosary pea seeds are used to make jewelry and percussion instruments, mostly in India or Indonesia.
Flash and Bones