percussiveness
- a word derived from percussive.
Example Sentences
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Jlin — the electronic-music producer and DJ Jerrilynn Patton — got her initial inspiration from the jagged, breakneck, pure adrenaline percussiveness of the music for Chicago footwork.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2017
Horowitz, the work’s greatest exponent, made sparks fly with his brittle percussiveness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2016
A new name to me, Chris Dingman plays vibes with shimmering percussiveness.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2011
The themes often move in unexpected directions, and Escreet peremptorily adds a Thelonious Monkish, note-prodding percussiveness to lines that seem at first to be unfolding with a methodically interweaving nu-jazz deliberation.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2010
One expects in Prokofiev dissonance, humor, percussiveness and strong drive; yet there is also much sheer lyrical beauty.
From Time Magazine Archive
