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111.211(Individual) percussion sticks   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • An instrument in the form of a stick, owing to the solidity and elasticity of its substance, vibrates and may radiate sound when struck either with non-sonorous objects (hand, stick, striker) or against non-sonorous objects (human body, the ground). The player creates clearly defined individual strokes. Japan, Annam, Balkans. Also the triangle. (en)

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  • 111.211

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/14

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