Scan 148
The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1the large ones used in the orchestra and the band, measuring a foot or more in diameter. They originated in Arabia, and in Turkey, where the most successful are made, the composition of the metal being held a secret, however. They take a prominent place in the Janissary music, and were thence adopted by other military bands and by the orchestra.
3The cymbals have, at their center, straps through which the hands are to be thrust. However, as they are often played by the bass drummer, one cymbal is usually fastened to that drum, and the other held in the drummer's left hand. Their duty is to mark time, and their effect is ringing and bright, but they are also used in uncanny and thrilling passages. Cymbals are not clashed together, center to center, as in that case the impact would doubtless cause them to break, but they are rubbed together with a sliding motion, that requires some skill. Wagner has taxed their repertory of effects, ordering a roll produced with a drumstick upon one cymbal, a soft tremolo by rattling the two cymbals together gently and a gong imitation by a single strong stroke upon a hanging cymbal. He also uses them in the expression of combat or unrestrained revelry.
5DABBOUS — Sonorous Substances. Turkey. A rattle used by dervishes. A knobbed stick is hung with chains finished with bits of metal, that strike together when the stick is whirled.
7DA-DAIKO — Vibrating Membranes. Japan. This drum was used upon the most momentous occasions. It was erected upon a special platform gaily draped and tasseled and provided with a gold railing and steps. Much skill was requisite in the drummer. He stood in front of the drum with his left foot on the platform and his right on the upper step to give him more force in striking. The drum was surrounded with a broad rim ornamented with phœnixes and dragons and having an edge of irregular points painted red to represent red flames. This was surmounted by a black lacquer pole supporting a golden sun one foot in diameter with rays 18 inches long. There are none now in existence. One sent to the Vienna exposition was lost in shipwreck.
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