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Meanings of percussion section in English

Portuguese
seção rítmica

The section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments.

        seção rítmica
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        Examples for "percussion"
        Examples for "percussion"
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        Adolph put the percussion cap in its place and started the mechanism.
        Revenge!
        2
        The revolver of the Civil War was, of course, a percussion-cap weapon.
        Rebel Raider
        3
        In fact, the percussion-lock rifle did move warfare onto a bloodier plane.
        How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
        4
        One he'd bought just that day; a Confederate-made Colt-type percussion .36 revolver.
        Murder in the Gunroom
        5
        The demand for powder and percussion-caps was as eager as for weapons.
        The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
        1
        The rhythm section is New Orleans, the voice and song are Nashville.
        Life
        2
        But what emphatically separated them from the pack was their rhythm section.
        The Guardian
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        But the rhythm section is soldiering forward without him, according to BBC News.
        Wired
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        I say, listen man, when you play you gotta help the rhythm section.
        The Guardian
        5
        I think they're on their third rhythm section since I started listening to them.
        The Guardian
        Usage of percussion section in English
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        The drummer and his group won the trophy for best percussion section at a local showcase.
        Reuters
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        The entire percussion section of the Philharmonic here is made up of former students of his.
        The new yorker
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        This is his last season as timpanist & head of the percussion section of the N.Y. Philharmonic.
        The new yorker
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        But Edgard Varèse did, not least in his Amériques, written for a huge orchestra with a percussion section that includes sirens.
        The Irish Times
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        This is music that demands enormous concentration and physical intensity, and the players were impressively committed, with some particularly tight work by the percussion section.
        Radio NZ
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        Next the decibels from the woodwind and percussion sections went so high they hurt your ears.
        The Irish Times
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        "Sorry-it'san oven in here." And none too quiet- asmallorchestra's percussion section rumbled from the radiators.
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        Translations for percussion section