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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was all coming back, a fury of whiteness rushing against my head with violent percussive rage.
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It will give that tight West Coast strum with the bass strings becoming almost percussive .
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Its special force of percussive tone helps to define musical entries and mark changes of tempo.
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Matthew had acquired a tank which trundled over the carpet emitting small but sharp percussive explosions accompanied by a shower of sparks.
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On the piano such chords have a fine percussive effect.
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There are four pianos in the pit, two with sheets of paper laid across the strings to produce dull percussive sounds.
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While the others played raging bottleneck guitar and favoured rough, percussive voices, Hooker was on to another tip.
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Yet beneath the percussive noise, you sense the conflict's essential squalor.