Award for a percussionist (4)
I believe the answer is:
gong
'award' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gong that I've seen before include "Dinner chime or slangy medal" , "cross, possibly" , "Dinner instrument?" , "Dinner call - medal" , "Beat this" .)