John Petrucci

One very important side of my playing lies in rhythm; I have a very percussive style. It's one I've developed with Dream Theater over the years, and requires the guitar to be very locked into the rhythm of the drums... way more than what would normally entail.

American Musician

Ann Reinking

Fosse would say that it's important to trust silence. He very much liked the use of the tacit, or silent, count, where nothing is happening. He also liked percussion. His is a world of angular movement and mystery, quiet, semi-taciturn and percussive.

American Actress

Marketa Irglova

The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I play with other musicians or percussive instruments, it might end up being a little more upbeat.

Czechoslovakian Musician

Vladimir Horowitz

The most important thing is to make a percussive instrument a singing instrument. Teachers should stress this aspect in their instruction, but it seems that very few of them actually do.

Mary Steenburgen

I've found that most people who studied when they were little, even if they never took another tap class, it's percussive, so it stays in your body, the muscle memory of it.

Luka Sulic

A cello can sound like so many instruments, but it's only one, you know, like a guitar; it has percussive qualities. It can sing like the violin, you know, like a voice.

Croatian Musician

Billie Joe Armstrong

I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.

American Singer

Tommy Bolin

I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.

Sixto Rodriguez

I have a sloppy style of playing guitar. A percussive style. Unique in fact.

Michael Giacchino

American Composer

Use 'percussive' to describe sounds that bring a sense of lively action or palpable energy.

Vivid Imagery

'Percussive' often implies sounds that may be used for special effects or certain vibes in audio production.

Audio Effects

Describing a style as 'percussive' suggests a clear, defined pattern with a beat, much like drumming.

Musical Texture

In dance, 'percussive' may refer to movements that are sharp and hit the beat precisely, similar to drum beats.

Movement and Dance

'Percussive instruments' are distinct as one must strike, shake, or scrape them to produce sound.

Instruments Identified

'Percussive' in music can also refer to traditional practices like African drumming, with cultural importance.

Cultural Significance

In a military sense, 'percussive' suggests the precise and powerful nature of certain munitions.

Impactful Precision

Explosives labeled 'percussive' produce a loud, sharp sound upon detonation, used for their shock value.

Sound in Explosions

 One strategy I take in my music is making uplifting, energetic, percussive global beats and placing lyrics on top of them that genuinely describe my life's experiences without contributing to the oppression of anybody else.

Why we must stop dancing...

 the tentacle to me that's like going up and often I think piano is a little percussive for snails and that's the reason I'm learning the cello I feel like cello is the instrument for snails