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middle knock

Names
English middle knock
Properties
Articulation knock
Shake Length n/a
Parent Techniques knock
Difficulty hard
Prevalence standard
Position
Start any
End any
Glyph Notation
Glyph middle knock glyph
Usage use with knock glyph
Example middle knock glyph
Description right hand pinky side knock on left hand middle held gourd
Dynamics
Volume high
Range high
Ease medium
History
Source unknown
Location of Origin unknown
Date of Origin unknown
Influences n/a
Signature Players n/a

Play a knock using the active hand while the held gourd is in the "middle" of the opposite hand. This means that the and the free gourd is swinging on the opposite hand.

This occurs in the middle of playing a den-den on the opposite hand.

Can be done with a heli knock, a basic knock, and a click knock.

individual examples


sound quality


The sound quality will not be as resonant and clear as a normal knock, as it is with a single gourd by itself.

variations


None yet.

tutorials


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musical examples


PANMAN

On Instagram (latter part).

child techniques


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history


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