Mr. Martens uses the cymbals and drum rims to mitigate the rawness.

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The finger cymbals return and the revelation ends as it started, with nothing resolved.

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In 1989, Roach described the drum kit as an American invention that combines cymbals from the Middle East, tom-toms from Africa and snares from Europe.

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The Hayachine Kagura is a series of masked dances accompanied by drum, cymbals and flute: six ritual dances begin the performance, five dances recount stories of the deities and medieval Japanese history, and a final dance features a performer dressed as a "shishi, " an imaginary lion-like creature representing the Hayachine deity himself.

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Toward the end, Nash said, "No tribute to Blue Note records would be complete without honoring Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, " and then launched "Mosaic, " a song from the early 1960s by Cedar Walton with blistering cymbals, struck from above and below.

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Suddenly, a startling cacophony erupts in the modest-size room--drums, horns, cymbals crashing-- raucous and percussive.

FORBES: Feature

Many of these--horns, drums, cymbals--were portable, but as music grew bigger and more varied, so did the devices that produced it.

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