tambourinage, tapotement

good question! that's exactly what I was thinking. Let me know if you find the answer.

Gently, with finesse, as Mariano Racobado is known to say.

Efflourage would generally involve running the fingers gently through the hair in specific directions. Petrissage requires the knowledge of and ability to sense the tonic state of the underlying muscles so that they can be specificallly addressed with a gentle depth. Tapotement would involve a gentle tapping of the fingers over an area either requiring inhibition or tonic increase, depending upon the style of tapping.

Percussion is rhythmically striking the chest wall with cupped hands. It is also called cupping, clapping, or tapotement. The purpose of percussion is to break up thick secretions in the lungs so that they can be more easily removed.

Petrissage is a kind of movement used particularly in Swedish massage, as are effleurage, tapotement, friction and percussion. Petrissage takes many different forms, depending on the intention of the therapist, but it is generally defined as kneading, lifting, wringing or squeezing of the skin or superficial muscles.