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percussionist:
(plural: ‘percussionists‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”)
the most common percussionist
a person who plays a percussion instrument;
a musician who is trained and/or skilled at playing a percussion instrument,
(a ‘percussion instrument’ is a musical instrument such as a drum, cymbal, handbells, triangle, xylophone, tabla, chimes, tom-tom, bongos, etc.)
a temple percussionist (India)
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Some percussionists train to play only one type of percussion instrument, but most percussionists know how to play several percussions, such as drums, bongos, tabla, etc.
A percussionist is as important as a vocal artist in the field of pop music.
an extra-ordinary percussionist, Evelyn Glennie (extra-ordinary because she is deaf but has been given an Honorary Doctorate of Music) Please watch the video you see on the right of this text.
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