Octoban

A Octoban is a set of up to 24 in the amount of two octaves tuned, the bongos like, einfelligen tube drums and is used as a melody or accompaniment instrument. The sound fits in with the other tuned percussion instruments such as the marimba good one, he is dull, deep and not so precisely tuned. The Octoban goes back to one, developed in the 1950s in the U.S. drum set made ​​of bamboo tubes, which became known under the name Boobam.

Instrumentation examples

• Hans Werner Henze Heliogabalus Imperator: With among others flutes, trumpets, clarinets, bassoon, marimba, Marimbula [ or guitar or piano strings plucked by hand ], finger cymbals, Japanese temple bell [large], Vogellockruf [very high ]; Boo - bam [ or Marimba with damper ]. Trinidad steel drum, castanets, glockenspiel, Vogellockruf [ high ] Chinese basin, 4 cowbells, Vogellockruf [medium ]; Thundersheet Sarna bell. Vogellockruf [ deep ]; Drums, harp, strings.
• The False Prince. Musical theater for children after the fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff by Jens- Peter Ostendorf. With among other things, flutes, English horn, saxophone, clarinet, percussion: bongos, woodwinds, 2 temple blocks, snare drum, 3 toms, vibraphone, bass drum, hi-hat, tubular bells, large tam- tam, Boo - bam, marimba, vibraphone, 4 toms, 2 woodwinds, large tam- tam. , Bk, hg.Bk, kl.Tr, maracas, bongo, large tam- t. , keyboard, Va, Vc
• Bobby Hutcherson: Solo Quartet, Contemporary, " Gotcha ," with Boo - bam, marimba, Bassmarimba, xylophone, vibraphone and glockenspiel.

Popular drummers that use, among other Octobans in her drum kit are Simon Phillips ( Toto ) and Stewart Copeland ( The Police ).

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