percussione

Definitions of percussione
  1. noun
    the act of contacting one thing with another
    synonyms: colpo, percossa, urto
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    types:
    investimento, schiacciata, schianto, tamponamento
    the act of colliding with something
    braciola
    a grounder that bounces high in the air
    type of:
    tocco
    the act of putting two things together with no space between them
  2. noun
    tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
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    type of:
    auscultazione
    listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
  3. noun
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
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    cimbalo
    a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
    batteria, cestello, tamburo
    a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
    gong
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
    timpano
    a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
    marimba, xilofono
    a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
    piano, pianoforte
    a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
    triangolo
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
    vibrafono
    a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
    grancassa
    a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
    campanella, campanello
    a bell that is held in the hand
    tamburello
    a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
    type of:
    strumento, strumento musicale
    any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
  4. noun
    the act of exploding a percussion cap
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