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Meanings of percussive instrument in English

Portuguese
instrumentos de percussão
Catalan
instrument de percussió
Spanish
instrumento de percusión

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

        instrumentos de percussão
        Usage of percussive instrument in English
        1
        Galván's whole body became his percussive instrument.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Pianists often say that what they are trying to do with their essentially percussive instrument is to imitate the human voice.
        The new yorker
        3
        Naomi plays percussive instruments while Lisa-Kainde plays the piano.
        Ebony
        4
        Zamborlin told Wired.co.uk that the idea of using contact microphones comes from the desire to turn ordinary objects into percussive instruments.
        Wired
        5
        And as for the drums -the vast choice of percussive instruments means you need never be trapped in trap-kitlimbo.
        The Irish Times
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