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Meanings of rhythm 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...
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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
3
This is his last season as timpanist & head of the percussion section of the N.Y. Philharmonic.
The new yorker
4
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
Usage of rhythm section in English
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The rhythm section is New Orleans, the voice and song are Nashville.
Life
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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
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Together with the band's tight rhythm section they create a sound that is genre-defying.
Radio NZ
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It's a rhythm section, five singers and a string orchestra.
The Guardian
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Johnson could be a great rhythm section from anywhere, not necessarily the Lone Star State.
Radio NZ
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The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm.
Ebony
10
In Sydney top Aussie band Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs filched The Meteors' rhythm section.
Radio NZ
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I've always been drawn to the rhythm section.
The Irish Times
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Here's the problem: driven by a rumbling rhythm section, Bell X1 thrash out an incendiary live performance.
The Irish Times
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Launching into 'Mountain', with its frantic rhythm section, driving bass line and spangly guitar, the dancing continued.
Radio NZ
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It was the rhythm section, bassist Ayse Hassan and drummer Fay Milton, that really blew we away.
Radio NZ
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And playing in the background like a rhythm section was the fear coming out of the guy.
Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
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The perfect synchronicity of the rhythm section, drummer Brady Blade and bassist Tony Hall, also deserves a mention.
The Irish Times
Translations for rhythm section