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How can I dampen the sound of maracas?
Perhaps you could modify your playing technique to shake them up, and down. They should sound less abrasive if you supply the beads less energy
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How can I dampen the sound of maracas?
Pretty much anything touching or covering the shell will lower the volume. One thing I think to try is a party balloon. Cut the narrowest part off (where you inflate it/ tie it off) and stretch the ...
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How can I dampen the sound of maracas?
Nice pair of woolly socks. Especially if you're in the Northern hemisphere right now.
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Strange cymbals notation in The Free Lance March
Note: this answer uses the ABC notation to show some examples, but there may be some browser issues (like this); try to force refresh the page (if you're on Chrome, use CtrlF5 or ⌘⇧R on macOS) to see ...
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Strange cymbals notation in The Free Lance March
Assuming you're using a pair of cymbals. Where there is a tie across, crash on the first dot, let ring, then crash again on the tied note, thus giving an accent.
Where there is simply a note with a ...
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Strange cymbals notation in The Free Lance March
The part doesn't make a lot of sense, and it's nothing like what Sousa wrote. It's only a march and you can very probably get away with playing it something like Sousa's original (listen to the way ...
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Strange cymbals notation in The Free Lance March
The cymbal should be damped at the time of the first rest following the given note duration. "Ch." is used when the cymbal note is followed by another cymbal note rather than a rest, and the ...
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