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• n  the act of playing a percussion instrument
• n  the act of exploding a percussion cap
• n  the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
• n  tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

• On the stage were six nimble young men in dinner jackets, and strewed around them were more than a hundred percussion instrumentsincluding a horse's jawbone, six water-buffalo .
• Kwaito (slang for "these guys are hot") fuses slowed American house and hip-hop, British garage and Jamaican reggae, held together with laid-back bass lines and percussion from .
• An upbeat fusion of energetic percussion, traditional instrumentation and socially conscious lyrics.

• percussion section
• rhythm section
• pleximetry

News & Articles

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• Kilbourn Library kicks off children’s summer reading
  Professor Becker plays guitar and sings while Brianna Reimer, Josie Griffin and Kate Griffin provide the beat. The professor distributed percussion instruments to the children and had them playing along as he sang.
  June 11, 2013 - Wisconsin Dells Events
• Strip Scribbles: Paris Hilton at Daylight; Recycled Percussion in France; and Pawn Stars medallion
  The four eccentric musicians who make up Quad headliners Recycled Percussion became international jet-setters this past weekend and wowed French citizens by rattling their junkyard pots and pans.
  June 10, 2013 - Las Vegas Weekly
• Millikin’s percussion department jams to Brian Justison’s beat
  DECATUR — At 24 years old, Brian Justison had just received his grad school degree in percussion performance and found himself searching for his first serious employment after long, intensive studies in musical education.
  June 7, 2013 - Herald & Review

Quotes

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• Jonny Greenwood in Washington Post
  WASHINGTON -- The breakthrough for Radiohead on "Reckoner" _ a song that underwent multiple incarnations on its way to "In Rainbows" _ came by way of what Jonny Greenwood calls a "big percussion fest."
• Mike Shinoda in NME.com
  We may choose a remix of the song and put it on the album,the group said in a statement on their Myspace. "Or, we may choose an amazing keyboardist, string quartet, guitarist, percussion group, or other musician, and invite them into the...
• Ben Hatfield in USA Today
  They felt the percussion and heard the noise,Hatfield said. "We believe they probably encountered heavy smoke and the ventilation system was obstructed. They then did what skilled miners do."