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• Material with low excavatability may require blasting or the use of percussion hammers to facilitate excavation.From the entry excavatability
• MIDI channel number 10 is reserved for percussion.From the entry midi
• The first of the four continuous sections into which the work is divided begins with high pitchless percussion.From the entry pitchless
• Percuss all quadrants for tones, using indirect percussion to assess density of abdominal contents (Fig. 13-11).2016, Susan F. Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens, Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 259. From the entry percuss
• The upcoming year promises to reveal several tracks of grimey jungalist haze and aggressively smelt percussion.2007, Urb - Volume 17, Issues 143-147, page 52. From the entry jungalist
• Their blend of concert harp, vibes, bass and Latin percussion ignited much of the audience.1980 February 16, Althea, “Teresa Trull and Julie Homi with the Harp Band [review]”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 29, page 13. From the entry ignite
• In sandy strata, 7 to 9 inches diameter holes are drilled with a percussion type drill rig.1979, Iqtidar H. Siddiqui, Irrigation canals: planning, design, construction, and maintenance. From the entry drill rig
• The great Brahmsian slow movement of the sixth glass was broken rudely by the telephone's percussion.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 500. From the entry Brahmsian
• I added cymbal, wooden flutes, and other percussion sounds — sometimes slow-mo-ing them and treating them in different ways.2020 October 14, Tim Page, quoting Jon Gibson, “Jon Gibson, composer who became force behind minimalist music, dies at 80”, in The…. From the entry slo-mo
• And no steel band would be complete without its rhythm section or engine room, as the percussion section is known.2018, Polly Thomas, The Rough Guide to Trinidad and Tobago, Apa Publications, →ISBN. From the entry engine room
• He adds drums, other percussion, and synthesizer.2018, David Sheff, Beautiful Boy. From the entry pluckage
• Fanbei generally involves a choir accompanied by numerous percussion instruments.2017 November 17, Robert C. Provine, Yosihiko Tokumaru, J. Lawrence Witzleben, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: East Asia: China…. From the entry fanbei
• Procedure: See Chapter 3 for the procedures for percussion.2016, Susan F. Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens, Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 259. From the entry percuss
• One-shots are files, such as a percussion hit or a sound effect, that are not intended to be looped.2010, Mary Plummer, Apple Training Series: GarageBand 09, →ISBN. From the entry one-shot
• Kite” and percussion on “Magical Mystery Tour.”2008 March 25, Allan Kozinn, “Neil Aspinall, Beatles’ Aide, Dies at 66”, in New York Times. From the entry tambura
• With its angular rhythm tics and woodblock percussion, Latin Freestyle sounded like a cross between Gary Numan and Tito Puente.2002, Rob Young, editor, Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry Latin freestyle
• This is known as the center of percussion.1995, Ed[ward] Turner, [Brent] Woody Clouse, Winning Racquetball: Skills, Drills, and Strategies, Champaign, Ill.; Windsor, Ont.: Human…. From the entry sweet spot
• "Zombie" by Samba Nation is more in the pocket of current trends with its dark, unga-bunga tribal percussion.1994 July 30, Larry Flick, “Dance Trax”, in Billboard, page 27. From the entry unga-bunga
• It combines the hard beats of rap music, or “traditional” hip-hop, with the synthesizers and Latin percussion of seventies disco.1988 January 11, John Leland, “Latin hip-hop: The Beat Goes On”, in New York Magazine, page 18. From the entry Latin hip-hop
• The Achillean reflex is the contraction obtained in the gastrocnemii and solei by the percussion of the tendo Achillis.1901, The Medical Examiner and General Practitioner. From the entry Achillean
• On guitars, keyboards, percussion and electronics, the six instrumentalists also veer from moody industrial rock and elegiac synth drones to jittery, hypersaccharine pop.2023 July 10, Zachary Woolfe, “Review: Ted Hearne’s Sweet, Sad American Elegy”, in The New York Times. From the entry hypersaccharine
• Unlike punta rock, paranda music is totally unplugged, played on wooden Garifuna drums, acoustic guitars and primitive percussion instruments, such as shakers and turtle shells.2016, Alex Egerton, Paul Harding, Lonely Planet Belize, →ISBN. From the entry paranda
• Either way, the track’s a mellow belter, or a melter, or a bellow: jittery, propulsive percussion slide-steps over fluttery layered vocal stabs and catacombic bass.2015 August 7, Phil Harrison, “ReviewAnything: a dog, the Tube Strike and more, rated and slated”, in The Guardian. From the entry catacombic
• The seven-member Bell Orchestre was indeed a miniorchestra, with strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion along with occasional guitar and analog electronic noise.2009 February 28, Jon Pareles, “Turf-Sharing, When Indie Met Classical”, in The New York Times. From the entry woodwind
• Larkin continued: “The band is sparked off by a Fender bass and plenty of souly Lat-Am percussion, and has jetting spirited trumpet and matching saxes.2009 November 11, Mike Evans, Ray Charles: Birth of Soul, Omnibus Press, →ISBN. From the entry souly
• Sometimes he relies on the tiny blippy noises for percussion, but in places he uses a drummer as well, playing thrashing solos over the electronics.2008 June 8, Ben Ratliff, “Folk in Death-Metal, Nintendo in Techno”, in New York Times. From the entry blippy
• It’s impossible to find the center of a Hella song, which explodes in multidirectional streaks of percussion and squawky guitar like a Jackson Pollock painting.2007 March 30, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times. From the entry squawky
• Percussion is done by cupping the hand so as to allow a cushion of air to come between the percussor's hand and the patient.1996, David N. Herndon, Total Burn Care E-Book: Expert Consult, →ISBN, page 240. From the entry percussor
• The tomb contained percussion, string and wind instruments in a remarkable state of preservation, including the largest assemblage of Bronze Age bells ever recovered.1994 January 18, Glen Collins, “Bells of Bronze Age Show the Complexity Of Old China's Music”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry assemblage
• A typical Last Poets song consisted of a "spiel," an early form of rap where song verses were spoken over conga drum percussions or jazz music.2007, Jocelyne Cesari, Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States, Greenwood Pub Group, →ISBN. From the entry spiel
• Now, all one wishes is a long walk on a deserted beach, as the waves leap and howl, pounding the shore to the beat of a rumptious percussion beat.2001 August 9, Ethel Da Costa, “Monsoon moods”, in The Times of India, Mumbai: Bennet, Coleman & Co., Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 2. From the entry rumptious
• Batu’s guitarist Chris Franck, after playing samba whilst studying for a degree in France, was tutored by two expatriate Brazilians, Pedro (guitar) and Beberto de Souza (octopusine percussion).1995, Colin Larkin, editors, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, page 312. From the entry octopusine
• Bi-polar percussion involves the placement of the objective piece on an anvil stone and subsequently striking it with a percussor, as one would crack a nut.1978, Newsletter: 1978-84 - Issue 4, page 232. From the entry percussor
• And an African ensemble, with Kewulay Kamara narrating and Missia Sarah Dioubate singing to the accompaniment of the lutelike kora and percussion, offered "A Badenya Greeting: Being of One Mother."2009 January 2, Allan Kozinn, “Reflecting on Peace in the Quiet Light of Song”, in New York Times. From the entry lutelike

Meaning of percussion

1. noun The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
2. noun The sound so produced.
3. noun The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.

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Questions about percussion in a sentence

How do you use percussion in a sentence?

Percussion is used as a noun. For example: “Material with low excavatability may require blasting or the use of percussion hammers to facilitate excavation.”

What is a short sentence with percussion?

“He adds drums, other percussion, and synthesizer.”

What does percussion mean?

Percussion means the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.