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click

Names
English click
Japanese クリック
Properties
Articulation click
Shake Length n/a
Parent Techniques
Difficulty easy
Prevalence core
Position
Start
End
Glyph Notation
Glyph (flip) click glyph
Glyph (flip shoot) click glyph
Glyph (flop) click glyph
Glyph (flop shoot) click glyph
Usage
Dynamics
Volume medium
Range low
Ease low
History
Source unknown
Location of Origin West Africa
Date of Origin unknown
Influences n/a
Signature Players n/a

In flip position, use the index finger to click together the two gourds in the hand.

individual examples

sound quality

Pulling the gourds apart using the middle finger to create more space between the gourds can give a louder and clearer sound when clicking.

variations

shoot

Pushing out the free gourd from the hand is called a click shoot.

tutorials

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musical examples

None yet.

child techniques

modifications

knocks

history

Unknown.

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