cymbal

Example Sentences

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His press rolls and cymbal crashes urge on Mr. Harrison’s expanding circles of improvisation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

The soldier wears a fur pelisse and holds a cymbal, which meant he was very likely to have belonged to a cavalry regiment, Ms Lavelle said.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

It’s like hearing a drum roll — the ball charging down the lane — with no crashing cymbal at the end.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

By the time he played with Miles Davis in the late ’40s, Roach had shifted his style to a more propulsive rhythm that emphasized the ride cymbal.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2023

So I tried to play along with the ding ding- a-ding ride cymbal thing that always works for jazz and immediately got the beat all turned around and messed up.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick