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The answer PERCUSSION has 20 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of percussion in various dictionaries:
noun - the act of playing a percussion instrument
noun - the act of exploding a percussion cap
noun - the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
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| If you're looking at a marimba, you probably can figure out it's in this family of musical instruments |
| In a symphony orchestra, this section of instruments usually includes the drums, bells, cymbals & gongs |
| Tapping your chest to listen to your lungs is called this, also a section of an orchestra |
| Rearrange the letters in "supersonic" to get this orchestra section |
| In an orchestra, it's the section where you'll find the timpani |
| Odd instruments like the triangle & the tambourine fit into this orchestra section |
| Musical instruments such as marimbas & maracas are classified as this type |
| The name of this section of an orchestra in which instruments are struck comes from the Latin for "a beating" |
| If you're a triangle virtuoso, take your place in this one of the 4 major sections of a symphony orchestra |
| This section in the back of the orchestra is sometimes referred to as the battery |
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| A method of medical diagnosis in which various areas of the body, especially the chest, back, and abdomen, are tapped to determine by resonance the condition of internal organs. |
| Music The section of a band or orchestra composed of percussion instruments. |
| Music Percussion instruments or their players considered as a group. |
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A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. However, the section can also contain non-percussive instruments, such as whistles and sirens, or a blown conch shell. Percussive techniques can also be applied to the human body, as in body percussion. On the other hand, keyboard instruments, such as the celesta, are not normally part of the percussion section, but keyboard percussion instruments such as the glockenspiel and xylophone (which do not have piano keyboards) are included. * Percussion instruments are most commonly divided into two classes: Pitche |