How to Use percussion instrument in a Sentence

percussion instrument

noun

• There are a few percussion instruments thrown in there, but for the most part, this is all coming from his mouth.
  — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 13 Aug. 2015
• Dozens of percussion instruments stretched out across the stage in front of the orchestra seats.
  — Christian Hertzog, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Jan. 2018
• Indian tabla has been my percussion instrument of choice for the last decade.
  — Cindy Atoji Keene, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
• And people liked listing every last corkscrew used as a percussion instrument on the record.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2022
• Friends of City Voices will play the percussion instruments.
  — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2023
• The firebox controls are made to activate the fire blasts with the sound system as a giant percussion instrument.
  — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2023
• After the program was finished, those who wished to stay formed a drum circle, and were able to utilize a variety of percussion instruments.
  — Steve Smith, courant.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• But for the last year, a vintage percussion instrument has occupied pride of place in the singer-songwriter’s forest green home studio.
  — Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 5 June 2023
• Out of ominous, low rumblings emerged a series of vibrant and diverse episodes driven by a rich body of percussion instruments and united around a lone English horn.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• In one gallery of the main Renzo Piano–designed building stands a 9-foot-tall wooden Oceanic percussion instrument, carved over a hundred years ago.
  — Lesley M.m. Blume, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2018
• That’s the surgical-looking percussion instrument that, once shaken and bent, can sound like a triangle on a cartoon acid trip.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
• It was powered by a 15 horsepower blower, which also supplied wind for the percussion instruments mounted on the walls.
  — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2017
• Focusing on live singing and playing percussion instruments, parents are encouraged to sing and dance with their child in a group circle.
  — Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• The Rotary Music Garden is an outdoor display of nine percussion instruments that invites the public to play and enjoy the music.
  — Courant Community, 19 June 2018
• The beat of djembe drums, a traditional African percussion instrument, along with a DJ, had visitors dancing to the music.
  — John Kuntz, cleveland, 19 June 2022
• Strings, winds and percussion instruments were congregated on the stage.
  — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
• Handrails double as harps; a staircase works like a synth; windows becomes percussion instruments.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 2 May 2018
• Each line corresponds to a percussion instrument, chosen by the performer.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2021
• The cast also revisits how taping night was always a party, with everyone grabbing a percussion instrument to hype up the crowd.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2020
• Corea also learned to play the drums, which led to his exploration of how the piano can be used as a percussion instrument both acoustically and electronically.
  — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 14 Mar. 2018
• The berimbau is a single-string 5-foot tall percussion instrument that originated in sub-Saharan Africa, and is now commonly used in Brazil.
  — Kathy Cichon, chicagotribune.com, 8 July 2021
• Keenan, crept in the darkness on risers behind Jones and Chancellor, while Carey set up stage center behind an armada of percussion instruments that looked like a space station.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• Rhythm Tap dancing where the tap becomes an integral percussion instrument and the performers riff and improvise off each other.
  — courant.com, 21 May 2021
• From percussion instruments to keyboards and guitars, everything is fair game.
  — Robert Gundran, azcentral, 20 Mar. 2018
• On another evening, Hannah, the center's director, gathered the youths in a circle of folding chairs, an array of percussion instruments spread before them.
  — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2019
• Like few others, Schick can inject an air of mystery and drama by expertly striking a drum, cymbal, gong, cowbell, tambourine, or any other percussion instrument of any size that is at hand.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2022
• The Wildcat Band is a traditional concert band of roughly 80 players and features woodwind, brass and percussion instruments.
  — Laura Groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• The students played various type of steel drums with various other type of percussion instruments and played several songs as the festival closed Saturday evening.
  — Kirk Sides, Houston Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
• Traditionally, when a respected man in Isi Enu dies, the townspeople honor him by playing an igede—a percussion instrument made from wood and animal skin.
  — Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019
• Interesting pairings of percussion instruments, especially the coupling of harp and celeste, take on an ethereal sound world that accentuates the colors of the piece.
  — Dan Hathaway, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024