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finger pitch

Names
English	finger pitch
Properties
Articulation	pitch
Shake Length	n/a
Parent Techniques
Difficulty	easy
Prevalence	standard
Position
Start	flip position
End	flip position
Glyph Notation
Glyph
Usage
Dynamics
Volume	n/a
Range	n/a
Ease	n/a
History
Source	unknown
Location of Origin	unknown
Date of Origin	unknown
Influences	n/a
Signature Players	Watari

Changing the pitch of sound produced through lifting the middle finger (or middle and index finger), and striking the gourd with a knock.

Can create up to 4 different pitches:

low (no fingers up)
middle (middle, ring finger up)
middle high (index, middle, ring finger up)
high (thumb, middle, ring finger up)

individual examples

sound quality

The fingers should be lifted as high as possible off of the gourd to create a clear distinction in pitch.

This pitch variation is less obvious than boca.

variations

See above pitch variations.

tutorials

None yet.

musical examples

None yet.

child techniques

None yet.

history

Unknown.

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