: a concave metal plate (as of brass or bronze) 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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The cymbals date back to somewhere between 2200 B.C. and 2000 B.C.
Pictures show the cymbals as identical in size.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
See the ‘rare’ finds Archaeologists in Oman uncovered a 4,000-year-old musical instrument, a pair of copper cymbals, in the ruins of an ancient building in Dahwa.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
The weakness shows up more in the cymbals, which experience compression, especially the closed hi-hat hits.
—PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
This also affects the cymbals and the synth egg shaker.
—PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
See the ‘rare’ finds Archaeologists in Oman uncovered a 4,000-year-old musical instrument, a pair of copper cymbals, in the ruins of an ancient building in Dahwa.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
The weakness shows up more in the cymbals, which experience compression, especially the closed hi-hat hits.
—PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
This also affects the cymbals and the synth egg shaker.
—PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Cymbal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cymbal. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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