To strike violently, or a song's drumming rhythm
Normally, 
people will tap on the bass and then snare strikes (just intuitively... [DOC] [TLE] Percussion instrument - Wikipedia [PAR] A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck 
or scraped by a ... Percussion instruments may play not only rhythm, but also 
melody and ... strike" in the musical sense, rather than the violent action), and "
percussus" (which ...