[Lab] clave

[Darcy Whyte]

I can imagine really dry bamboo wood would be great. Have any around?



On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Frances Vera Spidle, Ms <
frances.spidle at mcgill.ca> wrote:

> I've used large bamboo stalks (about 1" -1 1/4" in diameter), cut to keep
> one section intact giving you the requisite hollow section. Can't remember
> where I got the bamboo, I think at a gardening shop.
>
> Rotten bamboo claves (stored under the deck from the year before) at
> Carnival time in Trinidad lead to hitting empty oil cans that evolved into
> the steel drum (or so the legend goes)
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> Darcy Whyte [darcy at siteware.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:41 AM
> To: Normand
> Cc: lab; Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> Subject: Re: [Lab] clave
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> That's not a very rich sound. I think the device has to have a high "air
> content" to give a rich sound. That's why a real clave is hollow....
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Normand <icipasla at gmail.com<mailto:
> icipasla at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hardwood dowels!
> or large broom handles (not NewTechnology plastic!)
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com<mailto:
> darcy at siteware.com>> wrote:
>
> Yes. But it doesn't have be those dimensions. Just a rich sound.
>
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> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
> jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com<mailto:jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com>> wrote:
> clave like this?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claves
>
> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com<mailto:
> darcy at siteware.com>> wrote:
> > Any idea how to make a clave out of household stuff?
> >
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