percussion instrument
3
3.3
- noun
- /pərˈkʌʃən ˈɪnstrəmənt/
:
instrumento de percusión
- In our music class, we learned how to play several types of percussion instruments, including drums and tambourines.
- percussion instruments play
- adding a percussion instrument
- accompanied by percussion instruments
It's also got two other useful percussion instruments, a wood block.
- It's also got two other useful percussion instruments, a wood block.
- But in my part time I build percussion instruments and make music trying to make that my full time.
Examples
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Explore traditional West African percussion instruments (talking drum, gangokui, hosho, etc.) and how they are played.
Academic text (2004) -
The fourth and fifth-grade students enjoyed performing a simple blues piece for woodwind and percussion instruments.
Academic text (2008) -
It's also got two other useful percussion instruments, a wood block.
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But in my part time I build percussion instruments and make music trying to make that my full time.
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But this remains the basic percussion instrument.
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And, remarkably, a percussion instrument too.
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For all the other songs, Brazilian percussion instruments were added, giving a more authentic flavor to the performance.
Academic text (2009) -
Students improvise on percussion instruments and also sing along with the recording.
Academic text (2004) -
Percussion instruments are my speciality.
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Each group chose how its final composition would be performed: using voices, body percussion, percussion instruments, or a combination.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
A musical instrument you play by hitting, shaking, or scraping, like a drum
How Loud
- Specialized
5
3.0
30
3.2
3
3.5
21
3.4
3
3.3
7
5.3
7
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'percussion' (sound produced by striking or shaking) combined with 'instrument' (a device that makes musical sounds) yields the clear meaning 'an instrument that makes sound by being struck or shaken.' This noun–noun construction is common across languages and follows straightforward semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand it.
Etymology
The name percussion instrument comes from the simple idea of making sound by percussion — by hitting, shaking, or scraping an object. So a percussion instrument today means a musical instrument that makes sound 'by being struck or shaken'.