percussive — percussion ► NOUN 1) (before another noun ) (of a musical instrument) played by being struck or shaken. 2) percussion instruments forming a band or section of an orchestra. 3) the striking of one solid object with or against another. DERIVATIVES… … English terms dictionary
percussive — Synonyms and related words: battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, concussive, crash cymbal, crashing, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, handbells, idiophone, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone,… … Moby Thesaurus
percussive sound — sound created by striking an object forcefully; (Music) sound of a percussion instrument (drums, cymbals, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
musical instrument — noun any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑instrument • Derivationally related forms: ↑instrumental (for: ↑instrument), ↑instrumentalist ( … Useful english dictionary
percussion instrument — noun a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another • Syn: ↑percussive instrument • Hypernyms: ↑musical instrument, ↑instrument • Hyponyms: ↑bones, ↑castanets, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
musical instrument — I (Roget s IV) n. Types of musical instruments include: lyre, bell, tubular bells, chimes, pipes of Pan, flute, piccolo, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, licorice stick*, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, A clarinet, E flat clarinet, B flat clarinet,… … English dictionary for students
Percussion instrument — Percussion redirects here. For other uses, see Percussion (disambiguation). A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets… … Wikipedia
Bowed string instrument extended technique — String instruments are capable of producing a variety of extended technique sounds. These alternative playing techniques have been used extensively in the 20th century. Particularly famous examples of string instrument extended technique can be… … Wikipedia
wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… … Universalium
percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to … Universalium
