chest bass

Names
English	chest bass
Properties
Articulation	knock
Shake Length	n/a
Parent Techniques	knock
Difficulty	hard
Prevalence	extended
Position
Start	n/a
End	n/a
Glyph Notation
Glyph
Usage
Dynamics
Volume	high
Range	medium
Ease	low
History
Source	unknown
Location of Origin	West Africa
Date of Origin	unknown
Influences	n/a
Signature Players	n/a

Using asalato to hit the player's chest, resulting in a deeper bass sound. Same as playing a knock on the player's chest.

individual examples

With heli knock.

sound quality

Same as object knock.

variations

Can change the timing with the heli swing to place knocks arbitrarily in time. Can raise or lower the middle finger of the held gourds to change the pitch of the resulting knock, using finger pitch.

tutorials

None yet.

musical examples

Salliou

Afri

World ASALATO Online Battle 2023 Day 1

child techniques

None yet.

history

Unknown.

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