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Definition of cymbal
: a concave brass plate that produces a brilliant clashing tone and that is struck with a drumstick or is used in pairs struck glancingly together
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Recent Examples of cymbal from the Web
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Onstage were four timpani, a bass drum, snare drum, side drum, a large gong, cymbals, xylophone, castanets, vibraphone, glockenspiel, woodblock, whip-crack and triangle.
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The drums, played by Brian DiCrescenzo (who has since left the band), are loose and improvisatory, the wash of cymbals near-constant.
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Noyes Storybook Parade Children and adults are encouraged to bring a musical instrument, such as drums, triangles or cymbals, and dress as a favorite storybook character to march in the parade.
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The team has a right to think so, one supposes, but even that contract - which was rolled out with flourishes and the crash of cymbals - is a bit of a bait-and-switch.
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For some, clearly, hope bubbled anew with each big clash of the cymbals.
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A few feet from his bed, a toy monkey claps its cymbals together—like a stick banging the floor three times in a French theatre, announcing the beginning of a show—and tanks and police cars spin and race around the room.
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After the four click Count-In, choose one of the drums or cymbals in the kit and tap it twice per beat.
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Origin and Etymology of cymbal
Middle English, from Old English cymbal & Anglo-French cymbele, from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kymbalon, from kymbē bowl, boat
CYMBAL Defined for English Language Learners
cymbal
playDefinition of cymbal for English Language Learners
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: a musical instrument in the form of a slightly curved thin metal plate that is played by hitting it with a drumstick or with another cymbal and that makes a very loud metallic sound
CYMBAL Defined for Kids
cymbal
playDefinition of cymbal for Students
: a musical instrument in the form of a brass plate that is struck with a drumstick or is used in pairs struck together
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