User Manual

127A User’s Guide to Garritan World Instruments
THE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
ARIA name:
Program Description:
Controller
Assignments:
North America
Powwow
Drums
e Powwow Drum comes in various sizes.
e largest Powwow drum is often played by
multiple drummers together in unison sitting
in a circle around the drum. e Powwow
drum has a large base covered with hide (buf-
falo, deer, or cow) and produces a deep sound.
• C2-F2 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1, Var
2, Lgth, FiltLv, FiltFq,
BDFund, Keyswitches
Native Log
Drum
e Native American log drum is a small
drum made from animal skin stretched over a
hollowed log.
• C2-A2 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches
Pueblo Drum
(Taos)
e Taos drum is a traditional Pueblo Indian
drum made from a hollow log frame with its
walls thinned down.
• C2-A3 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches
Spoons See Kashiklar in Middle East percussion.
Washboard e Washboard is used as a percussion instru-
ment in bluegrass, dixieland, and other Ameri-
can folk music traditions. Sound is produced
by scraping the corrugated metal surface of
the washboard with common metal nger
thimbles.
• C2-F3 – various hits and scrape rolls
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches
THE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
ARIA name:
Program Description:
Controller
Assignments:
Oceania
Gamelan Balinese