That wooden thingy

[Unremarkable]

That Sean clicks together after the "You know karate now?" part in Shapes, when they play it live. What's that called?

[BladeRunner]

if you use your imaginaton, does it look like a crocodile's head?

[mildlyrestarted]

i can't remember what those are called, but i remember being able to play with them in third grade music class. they worked well in all of those songs we had to learn about jesus. :)

[Cynical_Satan]

Things that are clicked together can mean one thing in my mind: Castanets



Our band had them on a little stand so you didn't have to hold them, made things a lot easier. I don't remember seeing Sean with anything more than his Tambourine and Keyboard though. Does that look familar to you?

[Unremarkable]

Things that are clicked together can mean one thing in my mind: Castanets

Our band had them on a little stand so you didn't have to hold them, made things a lot easier. I don't remember seeing Sean with anything more than his Tambourine and Keyboard though. Does that look familar to you?

Not exactly, it has a handle and a wooden piece in the middle of those wooden flaps.

[Liesbeth]

I don't remember seeing Sean with anything more than his Tambourine and Keyboard though.

I love the part of Sean's tour diary where he talks about his tambourine, or rather not having it - part 4, day 19 (the whole entry of that day and the day before his dreaded birthday is great, especially the immortal words "It's not being gray, it's going gray").

[BladeRunner]

here we go, did it look and sound something like this?

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary ... stick.html

[Unremarkable]

here we go, did it look and sound something like this?

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary ... stick.html

Not at all...it was closer to the other pic.

[Cynical_Satan]

A Slapstick!! Thank you, thank you! That's the instrument I was thinking of but couldn't place the right name to. For the hell of it, lets throw what I was thinking of out there: The Vibraslap



I really doubt this is what we're aiming at though. However, castanets do come with handles -- I'll try to find a photo of one.

[Cynical_Satan]

Wow -- that was quick. Here's a set of handle castanets:

[Unremarkable]

Wow -- that was quick. Here's a set of handle castanets:

That might be it, just more worn and wooden looking.

[grant]

Back in the day, there were also bird calls (killdeers? grouse?) made using much the same principle -- two wooden flaps clapping against a center stick.

Astonishing like the birds themselves in sound.

[Fi]

was Cinnamon ever played with 3/4 or 6/8 drums during its evolution?

[omphale]

you can't start talking about time signatures in the middle of a discussion about wooden clicky thingys, Fi!!!! What are you thinking?!!?!?

anyway, i really don't care what those things are as long as sean keeps doing that nonchalant over the shoulder throw with them and making that hilarious astonished face. why is sean such a crazy rockstar?!?!?!?

[sean]

the handle castanets were lost in new york. stolen from a lesbian filmmaker, abandoned on the stage of the mercury lounge. where will they wind up next? no man can say. i should buy new ones, but it won't be the same.