percussion
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Percussion instruments—including a whistle and slap-stick—interrupt and startle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
His last work was a collaboration with Third Coast Percussion, which commissioned “Murmurs of Time” in celebration of the Chicago ensemble’s 20th anniversary.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Song and his team have filed a patent on his invention, called "Detecting Elbow Erosion by Percussion Method with Machine Learning."
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023
He took the title after performing Jennifer Higdon's Percussion Concerto, requiring him to play drums, marimba, vibraphone and even a car's brake drum.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2022
Percussion reveals an enlarged area of dullness, while the impulse is usually much stronger than normal.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Vocabulary lists containing percussion
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