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Cymbal   /sˈɪmbəl/   Listen
Cymbal

noun
1.
A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together.



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"Cymbal" Quotes from Famous Books



... we had been kept awake by the drumming and fifing, singing and shouting, weeping and howling, pulling at accordions and striking the monotonous Shingungo. Merolla names this cymbal Longa, and describes it justly as two iron bells joined by an arched bar: I found it upon the Tanganyika Lake, and suffered severely from its monotonous horrors. Monteiro and Gamitto (p. 232) give ...
— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Cymbal" :   high hat, zill, percussive instrument, percussion instrument


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