ATD p356 Chinese Gong Effect

[Chris Broderick]

Someone said:
Someone said:

Think the Chinese gong effect is that little
pentatonic phrase they  
play in Fu Manchu or similar movies.

DING ding dingy dingy ding ding DING

So I sez:

That Chinese gong effect is, in point of fact, an
actual thing.  Asian instruments like gongs &
Indonesian and Balinese gamelan were precursors to
Western inventions like the vibraphone & marimba.  The
east helped the west learn the power of percussion as
melody.

-Chris



 
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