chest slap · infolato

Names
English	chest slap
Properties
Articulation	body
Shake Length	n/a
Parent Techniques	throw
Difficulty	hard
Prevalence	extended
Position
Start	n/a
End	n/a
Glyph Notation
Glyph
Usage	use with hand and knock glyph
Example
Description	right hand chest slap during left hand heli
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

Names

English

chest slap

Properties

Articulation

body

Shake Length

n/a

Parent Techniques

throw

Difficulty

hard

Prevalence

extended

Position

Start

n/a

End

n/a

Glyph Notation

Glyph

Usage

use with hand and knock glyph

Example

Description

right hand chest slap during left hand heli

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 hand to hit the player's chest. Can be done with a hand that is not holding asalato.

individual examples

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variations

Done after a throw, when the hand is free.

Done after a pass catch or elbow catch, when the hand is free.

Instead of slapping the chest, slap a different instrument (a cajon the player is sitting on, etc.)

tutorials

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musical examples

Salliou

https://youtu.be/QSEjpBPnT04?t=461 Afri - World ASALATO Online Battle 2023 Day 2

child techniques

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history

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footnotes

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references

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