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Originally Posted by Jonah
The best friction drum I ever heard was in a little two room museum in Ghana mainly dedicated to Kente & Adinkra cloth, i wandered away from the looms into a store room, backed out & was motioned back in by the attendant I'd woken up.
He produced a small hand drum, noted my lack of interest (it was dusty & unimpressive looking), waited until I turned my back & laughed as I ran into the wall when he played it...
Having spent a sleepless night listening to a leopard circling camp once it's not a sound I'll forget...
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04-17-2021 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by dot75
I guess in folk cultures those rattles are often associated with banishing evil spirits.. you make noise to banish them (in China they burn bamboo to produce rattle for that purpose)
I also think that using it in Christmas' Eve is an assimiliation of pagan tradition to Christian rituals.
The same as traditional Russian 'masslenitsa' (spting pan-cake festivities) is totally pagan feast that in Christian period became the last week before beginnin a Great 40 days Easter fast
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Originally Posted by dot75
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In the percussion world these rattles are known a ratchets. It's an orchestral instrument!
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Some kind of a bit similar orchestral percussion (and a few others too) used in the slow section
From 06:15 till 08:40
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Originally Posted by Howzabopping
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Originally Posted by Howzabopping
Barry Harris / Oliver Nelson - Dom7/Diminished,...
Yesterday, 03:11 PM in Improvisation