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den-den

Names
English den-den
Japanese でんでん
Japanese デンデン
Properties
Articulation hit
Shake Length 2
Parent Techniques
Difficulty easy
Prevalence core
Position
Start flip position
End flip position
Glyph Notation
Glyph (down)
Glyph (up)
Usage
Dynamics
Volume medium
Range high
Ease medium
History
Source unknown
Location of Origin West Africa
Date of Origin unknown
Influences n/a
Signature Players n/a

Rotate the wrist from side-to-side, letting the free gourd hit the held gourd.

This relies solely on the rotation of the wrist, without a shake motion.

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The Japanese name is derived from the den-den daiko, a Japanese pellet drum which is played with a similar motion to this technique.

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