Definition of Percussion instrument

1. Noun. A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another.


Definition of Percussion instrument

1. Noun. (music) An instrument in which the sound is produced by striking, scraping or shaking an object. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Percussion Instrument

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Literary usage of Percussion instrument

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art of Music: A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Lovers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1915)
"It was a percussion instrument, but one on which could be produced not only a tone having a definite pitch, but a whole series or scale of tones. ..."

2. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1904)
"Chief in interest among the instruments of the wild tribes is a percussion instrument attributed by the Malays to the ..."

3. Great Pianists on Piano Playing: Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos by James Francis Cooke (1917)
"THE MODERN PIANO A percussion instrument Indeed the real nature of the modern piano as an instrument is in itself more or less of a modern discovery. ..."

4. Primitive Music: An Inquiry Into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs by Richard Wallaschek (1893)
"I mention the goura as a combination of wind and stringed instrument, the marimba as a combination of wind and percussion instrument, and the jew's harp as ..."

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