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Percussion is music involving drums and other instruments such as gongs, bells, cymbals, rattles, and tambourines. The instruments themselves are also called percussion.

1. : the act or technique of tapping the surface of a body part to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the resulting sound. 2. : massage consisting of the striking of a body part with light rapid blows.

A percussion ensemble is a musical ensemble consisting of only percussion instruments. Although the term can be used to describe any such group, it commonly refers to groups of classically trained percussionists performing primarily classical music.

Percussion is a method of tapping on a surface to determine the underlying structures, and is used in clinical examinations to assess the condition of the thorax or abdomen. It is one of the four methods of clinical examination, together with inspection, palpation, auscultation, and inquiry.

These instruments are thought to date from 70,000 B.C. and are idiophones, which means they produce sound via the vibration of the entire instrument. Origins of the frame drum: The kinds of drums used by today's drummers have precursors in the musical instruments of ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt.

percussion instrument, any musical instrument belonging to either of two groups, idiophones or membranophones. Idiophones are instruments whose own substance vibrates to produce sound (as opposed to the strings of a guitar or the air column of a flute); examples include bells, clappers, and rattles.

Preoccupation is a state where you're absorbed in something. You may have a preoccupation with video games or Hello Kitty, for example, if you can't keep your mind off those things. We all have our preoccupations: ideas and things that we just can't stop thinking about.

(prɪlɪmɪnri , US -neri ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Preliminary activities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation.

: a person who plays a percussion instrument.

How to read drum notation. Like the English language, drum notation is read from left to right. The staff is made up of five lines and four spaces, but notes can be positioned above or below the staff as well. Notes are placed in the staff based on which part of the drum set should be played at any given time.

Based on clinical use there are three types of percussion – comparative, topographic and auscultatory.

Percussion is a manual technique used by respiratory physiotherapists to improve airway clearance by mobilizing secretions in one or more lung segments to the central airways. Percussion over an affected area produces an energy wave, which is transmitted to the lungs and airways.