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Slit-log drums are common in the drum communication systems of Papua New Guinea, where they are known in Tok Pisin as garamut. [1] Variations in the thickness of the walls give varying tones when struck by the heavy wooden drum sticks. While some are simple and utilitarian, they can also be highly elaborate works of sculpture while still ...
Background The album's concept was born out of an altercation with audience members at the Montreal Olympic Stadium, pictured in 2006. Throughout 1977, Pink Floyd played the In the Flesh tour to promote their new album Animals. The bassist and singer-songwriter, Roger Waters, despised the experience, feeling the audience was not really listening, and angered by their rowdy behavior (such as ...
v. t. e. playing the Caja. The caja, a Colombian drum similar to a tambora, is one of the three main or traditional instruments of Vallenato music. [1] Caja, the slang word adopted to nickname this drum, means "box" in Spanish. There is also a Caribbean drum called caja, used in the music of Cuba .
Percussionist Leon Mobley playing a modified cajón; traditional cajones have the hole at the back, opposite the tapa Sounds of a cajón in use. A cajón (Spanish:; "box, crate, drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks.
Professional ratings. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is the first solo studio album by Roger Waters, bassist/songwriter and co-founder of English rock band Pink Floyd; it was released in 1984. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1995.
Audio-lingual method. The audio-lingual method or Army Method is a method used in teaching foreign languages. It is based on behaviorist theory, which postulates that certain traits of living things, and in this case humans, could be trained through a system of reinforcement. The correct use of a trait would receive positive feedback while ...
George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the songwriter, Syd Barrett, in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd's lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1985.
The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. [1] [2] [3] It has two drumheads connected by leather tension cords, which allow the player to change the pitch of the drum by scraping the cords between their arm and body.