Percussive

Word PERCUSSIVE
Character 10
Hyphenation per cuss ive
Pronunciations /pəˈkʌsɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Percussive"

What do we mean by percussive?

Of, relating to, or characterized by percussion. adjective

Of or pertaining to percussion or a light sharp stroke; striking; striking against something.

Specifically, in music, an instrument of percussion. noun

Striking against; percutient. adjective

Characterized by percussion; caused by or related to the action of striking or pounding something adjective

Involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments adjective

A percussive phone.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Percussive

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The word "percussive" in example sentences

The place was packed and noisy, with chopsticks clicking against plates in percussive counterpoint to the boisterous conversations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Friday’s artist is also interested in percussive string instruments but favors the harp over the piano. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The whip-like, in-a-trance polyrhythm of "Snakecharming the Masses" recalls the percussive sounds they heard during their musical journeys in Istanbul. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This multimedia journey across Planet Hip-Hop is described as a percussive call-and-response with turntablist DJ Excess and multi-instrumentalist Ajayi Jackson, accompanied by video by Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I want to see what shadows are cast by a Calder mobile dangling from an ear, or to hear what kind of percussive music it creates. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It helped me to develop this kind of percussive - intricate, percussive style. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The more acceleration, the more transient noise and therefore the more "percussive" is the resulting sound. ❋ Ryser, Marc (1999)

The greatest thing about this picture, adapted from a novel by "William Irish" (a pen name for Cornell Woolrich) is its completely invented reality which, while certainly informed by German Expressionism, spins off into a realm of horrific hilarity, as in the picture's legendary "jazz drummer" sequence, wherein Raines, dolled up and playing hep-kitten, eggs on hopped-up Elisha Cook Jr. (who has information that could exonerate Raines 'boss) to a kind of percussive orgasm. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a pianist who gravitated to the "percussive" players (see above), I also gravitated to the rhythmic side of Indian music. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dave Matthews or Scott Denté, who have more of a "percussive" approach. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This also offers higher performance on complex, random and transient impulses (such as percussive instruments, and applause), offering avoidance of artifacts like pre-echo. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In Irish clog dancing, the wooden footwear is used by striking the heel or toe against the floor to create percussive, syncopated, “off-beat” or “downbeat” rhythms. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Listen to the sound of change that hits the ground with a percussive effect. ❋ PhD Bradford Keeney (2010)

The musical expression of the Bushmen in their ecstatic dances involves soulful singing, strong hand clapping, and the percussive sound of cocoon rattles that are wrapped around the legs of the male dancers. ❋ PhD Bradford Keeney (2010)

His onstage costumes and feathered headdresses, the source of shock and delight to audiences since the late 1960s, are similarly adapted from those worn by Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans, famed for the infectious tribal percussive rhythms and chants they perform in local parades. ❋ Unknown (2009)

MR: You're so rhythmic, do you gravitate toward percussive instruments or to percussion in general? ❋ Mike Ragogna (2011)

The pianist was first out of the gate, ripping syncopations from his keyboard that augured a percussive player. ❋ Debra Levine (2011)

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