ARTICULATION GROUP |
ARTICULATIONS |
Flexatones |
Large and small flexatones Single hits Steady open and muted Fifth and octave glissandos up and down, 1/2/4 sec. Performances
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Car horns |
Honks F4-F5
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Whistles, bird calls and flutes |
Shrill whistles: samba whistle, small and large whistle Special whistles: steamship large and small, twotone, police, bosun's pipe, wind effect Birdcalls: cuckoo, duck, crow, dove, nightingale, cricket Warning signals: warning horn, siren horn, siren whistle Slide flutes large and small
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Jingle ring |
Single hits Rolls Dynamics 1/2/4 sec. Repetitions steady and with accents
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Congas - Meinl |
Tumba, conga, and quinto played with hands and sticks Open and muffled tones Manoteo heel and tip Slaps normal and open Flams slapped and open Bass tones closed and open Rolls normal, dynamics 2/4/6/8 sec. Sticks: Single strokes, rim, mallets, rimshots
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Bongos - Meinl |
High and low bongos played with hands and sticks Open and muffled tones Manoteo heel and tip Rimshots open and closed Slaps Flams open Rolls normal, dynamics 1/2/4/6 sec. Sticks: Single strokes, rim, mallets, rimshots
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Timbales - LP |
14" and 15" timbales played with sticks and mallets Offcenter (normal), coperto, muted, side, rimshot shaft and tip 1-4 upbeats normal and rim Rim hits, X-stick, stick on stick, shell shaft and tip Rolls static Rolls dynamics, strong and light 2/4/6/8 sec. Mallets: offcenter, coperto, side, rim, 1-4 upbeats rim, static rolls
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Cow bells |
Low, medium, and high cowbells Played with sticks, timbales sticks, mallets, rasping stick, and bowed Top and edge open and muted Rasping stick: slow and fast Bow: variants 1-4
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Agogo bells |
Low and high agogo bells Played with sticks, mallets, a rasping stick, and bowed Open and muted normal and with click release Rasping stick: slow and fast Bow: variants 1-4
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Guiros |
Small and large guiros Single hits Short and long rasps fast and slow fpf fast and slow Long rasp and fp very slow
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Sandpaper blocks |
Single hits Short and long rasps fast and slow fpf fast and slow Rolls normal, dynamics 1/2/4 sec.
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Claves |
Low, medium, and high claves Single hits Secco 1-3 upbeats
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Cabasas |
Small and large cabasa Single shake Turnaround Shake tremolo Short and long move
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Wind chimes |
Wind chimes Meinl, LP, and LP pentatonic Up and down strokes Tremolo low, mid, high Set upright
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