Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a percussive manner; by or by means of striking or percussion.
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- adverb In a
percussive way.
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Examples
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Whenever music plays on screen, for instance, the score will never deign simply to provide a soundtrack: street musicians are sketched in percussively; orchestra becomes a jazz explosion
Berlin in Lights: ‘Symphony of a City’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Whenever music plays on screen, for instance, the score will never deign simply to provide a soundtrack: street musicians are sketched in percussively; orchestra becomes a jazz explosion
Berlin in Lights: ‘Symphony of a City’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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A former student of the far-thinking percussionist Bob Moses, Mr. Seabrook liked the idea of the tenor banjo and its lack of sustain, which allows it to function much more percussively.
Brooklyn Banjo Shredder Goes Nuclear Steve Dollar 2011
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In Figment I for solo cello (played with caution-to-the-wind zeal by Kathryn Bates), flurries of scattered impressions alternate with a legato line, and the interjections — violent, crescendo single bows, percussively struck pizzicati — put the physicality of playing the instrument in debate with the melodic musical content.
Archive 2008-07-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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In Figment I for solo cello (played with caution-to-the-wind zeal by Kathryn Bates), flurries of scattered impressions alternate with a legato line, and the interjections — violent, crescendo single bows, percussively struck pizzicati — put the physicality of playing the instrument in debate with the melodic musical content.
Magna Carter (4): Identity Politics Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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The label's Nigeria Afrobeat Special is the best African disc it's produced to date, opening with a familiar 45 by Kuti, "Who're You," before launching into a percussively magnificent, ten-minute "We Dey Find Money" by Eric Showboy Akaeze & His Royal Ericos.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Afrobeat Beyond and Behind Fela 2010
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Fonseca, whose musicianship has been heralded by the UK's Evening Standard as "muscular ... percussively rhythmic and floatingly melodic," is touring in support of his new recording, Akokan, scheduled for U.S. release on February 16th, 2010.
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Flamenco conjures up images of olive-skinned beauties swirling to a percussively played guitar, clicking castanets and clapping.
10 Hot Spots For Dance Fever LonelyPlanet.com 2010
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Fonseca, whose musicianship has been heralded by the UK's Evening Standard as "muscular ... percussively rhythmic and floatingly melodic," is touring in support of his new recording, Akokan, scheduled for U.S. release on February 16th, 2010.
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The label's Nigeria Afrobeat Special is the best African disc it's produced to date, opening with a familiar 45 by Kuti, "Who're You," before launching into a percussively magnificent, ten-minute "We Dey Find Money" by Eric Showboy Akaeze & His Royal Ericos.
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