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percussive

[per-kuhs-iv] / pərˈkʌs ɪv /


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She recorded the new album with the same team — the hit-making writer-producers Ilya Salmanzadeh and Max Martin — but here they go for a murkier, more percussive sound to match Grande’s dark mood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Computers and drum machines are used for nearly all the percussive elements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Caminos played percussive and woodwind instruments as I meditated, moving them from one side of my head to the other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

This results in percussive sounds of body parts clapping against one another and the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

But it is important to distinguish between the first pair and the second: one deals with space and place; the other with percussive force.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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