high-hat
Example Sentences
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The first half of the new LP steers into candid confessions, backed by heavy synth and incessant high-hat; in “Blue Days,” Clasen sings, “My ego is evil / It’s coming to get me.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022
When Metallica cuts an album, he asked, doesn’t the band go heavy on the high-hat?
From New York Times • May 23, 2022
My eyes digest the immensity of fallen trees bracketing the trail, the high-hat shaped fungi that spring from trunks and the thick folds of lichen hanging from branches that obscure the far-off canopy.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2021
A man becomes the manager of a company and must gain back the respect of his workers after taking a high-hat approach.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2019
Kettle drums, bass drums, xylophones, Chinese gongs, vibraphones, snare drums and high-hat cymbals paraded by in carts, banged and stroked and tinkled enthusiastically by crew after crew of maddened tympanists.
From Pagan Passions by Stanley, Robert
