music vs percussion

music

noun
  • Any pleasing or interesting sounds. 

  • A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of melody, harmony, tempo, rhythm etc. usually to convey a mood. 

  • An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing. 

  • Electronic signal jamming. 

  • A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music. 

verb
  • To seduce or entice with music. 

percussion

noun
  • The sound so produced. 

  • The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm. 

  • The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis. 

  • The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling. 

  • The outer side of the hand. 

  • The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound. 

  • The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits. 

How often have the words music and percussion occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )