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What (who) is cymbal - definition
UNPITCHED PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT
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![A pair of bronze cymbals from the Chinese [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(Jurchen) Jin Dynasty bronze cymbals.JPG?width=200 "A pair of bronze cymbals from the Chinese [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)]]")
![[[Mesopotamia]]n cymbals from the 3rd millennium B.C. show that the large cymbal dates back into antiquity.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beckenpaar Mesopotamien Slg Ebnöther.jpg?width=200 "[[Mesopotamia]]n cymbals from the 3rd millennium B.C. show that the large cymbal dates back into antiquity.")
![A musician playing cymbal in a musical ensemble, The 8th-century bas-relief of [[Borobudur]] Temple, [[Central Java]], [[Indonesia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Borobudur - Divyavadana - 019 S, Musicians and Dancing Girls in the Kinnaras Court (detail 21) (11703272306).jpg?width=200 "A musician playing cymbal in a musical ensemble, The 8th-century bas-relief of [[Borobudur]] Temple, [[Central Java]], [[Indonesia]]")
![Ancient Greek]] bronze cymbal, 5th century BC, [[National Archaeological Museum, Athens]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NAMA Cymbale.jpg?width=200 "Ancient Greek]] bronze cymbal, 5th century BC, [[National Archaeological Museum, Athens]]")
![Surname-i Vebbi]] (fol. 172a), showing cymbals being used in military setting by a Turkish army. Descriptions of this kind of use date as far back as the [[Shahnameh]], circa 977-1010 A.D.<ref name=Penguin/>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Surname-ı Vehbi (fol. 172a).jpg?width=200 "Surname-i Vebbi]] (fol. 172a), showing cymbals being used in military setting by a Turkish army. Descriptions of this kind of use date as far back as the [[Shahnameh]], circa 977-1010 A.D.<ref name=Penguin/>")
cymbal
['s?mb(?)l]
¦ noun a musical instrument consisting of a slightly concave round brass plate which is either struck against another one or struck with a stick.
Derivatives
cymbalist noun
Origin
OE, from L. cymbalum, from Gk kumbalon, from kumbe 'cup'; readopted in ME from OFr. cymbale.
cymbal
(cymbals)
A cymbal is a flat circular brass object that is used as a musical instrument. You hit it with a stick or hit two cymbals together, making a loud noise.
N-COUNT
Cymbal
·noun A musical instrument used by gypsies and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are movable rings.
II. Cymbal ·noun A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.
III. Cymbal ·noun A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back;
- used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together.
Wikipedia
Cymbal
A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a definite note (such as crotales). Cymbals are used in many ensembles ranging from the orchestra, percussion ensembles, jazz bands, heavy metal bands, and marching groups. Drum kits usually incorporate at least a crash, ride, or crash/ride, and a pair of hi-hat cymbals. A player of cymbals is known as a cymbalist.
Examples of use of cymbal
1. Here they played light minimalist riffs, punctuated with bright cymbal splashes.
2. But Georgia‘s primary was on March 3, a month later than this year‘s Feb. 5, 24–state cymbal–crash event.
3. They paired the low–pitched bass and the high–pitched cymbal in rhythmic unison, a sound that underlies nearly every form of American music of the past century.
4. The equipment looks like the contents of a scrapheap: drumsticks made from sawn–off broom handles, a cymbal made from film cans and hubcaps.
5. Doggerel Bank centred around William Bealby–Wright, poet and inventor of the cacofiddle – a kind of DIY, cymbal–augmented double bass, seemingly built by the Clangers.