percussion
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It switches between a ghostly, vaporous beat and a hectic middle passage filled with sampled and pitched-up voices and clattering percussion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Marks made by cutting and percussion appear on animal bones found in Ethiopia dating back some 3.4 million years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Barclay's hour-long spoken word performance draws on his upbringing in Huddersfield and his experience of the industrial landscape of northern England, against a soundtrack of live percussion and horn.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The percussion pounds like nobody’s business, opening the score up to all the implied emotion and glitter on an over-stuffed stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Each “mother” takes 8 beats to improvise using body percussion.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing percussion
Unit 1: Telling Details
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Music - Introductory
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