Meaning Of The Word Percussion

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percussion
Percussion instruments are musical instruments that you hit, such as drums.
singular noun: The percussion is the section of an orchestra which consists of percussion instruments such as drums and cymbals.

percussion in American English
designating a musical instrument in which the tone or sound is produced when some part of it is struck, as a drum, or shaken, as a tambourine or a maraca
the hitting or impact of one body against another, as the hammer of a firearm against a cap
noun: the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow

percussion in British English
noun: the act, an instance, or an effect of percussing

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