Category: Percussion

  • The 21 Day Project Day 12 – Thrips

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    Magda
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    Drum roll please… today’s random choice is……Thrips??!! What the hell are thrips? Off to wikipedia… From wikipediaThrips (order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly 1 mm (0.039 in) long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Entomologists have described approximately 7,700 species. They fly only weakly and their feathery wings are unsuitable for…

  • The 21 Day Project – Day 02 – Flea

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    Magda
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    Today’s creature is the flea. It’s funny to see that my “random” picks are so common. The first thing I thought of was to get a good scratching track added in as the foundation for the piece. I also decided to use a soprano ukulele and play up the fretboard for the higher pitched sounds.…