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drumming
  • present participle of drum.

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The research was organised by the Clem Burke Drumming Project and funded by the Waterloo Foundation charity.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2023

Also part of the new rules: Drumming was mostly limited to official ceremonies.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2022

The so-called Clem Burke Drumming Project, a drumming-related research collaboration involved in the aforementioned childhood drum study, also found drumming requires enormous stamina, burning between 400-600 calories an hour.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2021

Steve Reich’s Drumming Echoi Ensemble performs the Minimalist composer’s 1971 percussion piece.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2019

Drumming the fingers of his left hand on the counter, he mumbled to himself, “A half bushel.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls