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What is the noun for percussions?

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percussion
  1. (countable) The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
  2. (countable) The sound so produced.
  3. (countable) The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
  4. (medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
  5. (music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
  6. (engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “The tunes remain but the clattering percussion and meandering vocals transport them to a whole other level.”
      “If, however, a percussion of a foolish thick head against the pavement of Pall Mall can work so great a miracle, the wonderful virtues of these lumps of granite so administered ought to be generally known.”
      “Bedouin and Berber traditions fused to form sung poetry called Malhun, using traditional north African wind and percussion instruments.”
percussionist
  1. A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The orchestra is comprised of two vocalists, a violinist, a flautist, a sitar player, and a percussionist.”
      “Mickey Hart, longtime percussionist for the Grateful Dead, knows a thing or two about world music and field recording.”
      “I could have easily been a concert percussionist and made a sweet living being lead timpanist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.”
percuteur
percussive
  1. (phonetics) A phoneme produced by striking organs together, for example, smacking the lips or gnashing the teeth.
percussiveness
  1. The state or property of being percussive.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Although most western ears cannot understand the languages of her lyrics, one is struck by the percussiveness, emotion and joy in her songs.”
      “Vocally, her curt, emphatic phrasing reflected the music's relentless percussiveness without her paying much attention to lyrics.”
      “While the titles all refer to distinct sections of the film the overall feeling is of a floating, dreamlike wash of sound and gamelan-like percussiveness.”
percussionists
  1. plural of percussionist
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Dozens of percussionists, brass players and baton-twirling dancers perform marching band standards like Ravel's Bolero.”
      “The scoring is for cello soloist, percussionists, celesta, and chamber choir.”
      “It was cool, though, because during it one of the percussionists was walking through the crowd beating a rim-shot.”
percussions
percussives
  1. plural of percussive
percuteurs
  1. plural of percuteur
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