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1[uncountable] musical instruments that you play by hitting them with your hand or with a stick, for example drums percussion instruments The track features Joey Langton on percussion.
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- 2the percussion [singular] (also percussion section [countable]) the players of percussion instruments in an orchestra compare brass, string, woodwind
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