Example Sentences

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I play all the Afro-Cuban percussion instruments that are inherent in Cuban music.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

At the end the musicians pick up percussion instruments and leave the stage in a slow, winding procession of dance steps, as if marching into the unknown.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

"The shape of some percussion instruments means that when you hit them, and they resonate, their frequency components don't respect those traditional mathematical relationships. That's when we find interesting things happening."

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024

And a forest of percussion instruments, including shimmering tam-tam; curt wood blocks; and drums, both crisp and booming.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2023

I follow Brie and Teddy to an empty classroom, which has nothing but folding chairs leaning against the walls and percussion instruments on shelves.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison