Wood block

In the music of the wood block is a percussion instrument that is used in Asian, Latin American and in some compositions of contemporary music. A hollow cuboid hardwood block is beaten with a wooden stick. The generated purely never pitched sound has a high amount of noise with various overtones.

Plastic versions of wooden blocks hot Jamblock, they are often used in Guggenmusiken, usually in five-fold, differently tuned version.

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