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Musical equipment

Any device used to create sound, especially musical instruments.

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cha-cha

Musical equipment; Drums

a medium tempo, Afro-Cuban rhythm, as heard in Tito Puento's "Oye Como Va" song.

chimes

Musical equipment; Drums

long metal tubes that are struck with a special hammer. This percussion instrument is common in school bands and orchestras as well as symphonies.

china (or china cymbal / china crash)

Musical equipment; Drums

also referred to as a "pang" cymbal.

chops

Musical equipment; Drums

your technique or rhythmic vocabulary. Ex. "That kid has great chops on the drums!"

clave (clave')

Musical equipment; Drums

A rhythm made up of a 2 bar phrase played as 2:3 clave (ex: 1 2,1 2 3) or 3:2 clave (ex: 1 2 3,1 2). Once the song starts, the clave will not change. Latin American countries ...

claves

Musical equipment; Drums

percussion instrument; a pair of cylindrical wooden sticks (usually around an inch and half thick) that are clicked together to make a high pitched sound marking clave in Latin ...

click track

Musical equipment; Drums

An audio track, consisting of short tones, that acts as a metronome, helping musicians play at a preselected tempo. May be recorded on tape, or on a MIDI sequencer.