crotales
antique cymbals

The modern instruments descended from this line are the crotales.

There are, however, small ones based on an old form of cymbal which are called "crotales".

Modern crotales are arranged chromatically and have a range of up to two octaves.

Collections of pitched instruments such as hand bells, tuned cowbells and crotales.

"I play xylophone, glockenspiel, chimes, crotales and marimba," he said.

Crotales are also found in prehistory.

One or more crotales.

Rock drummer Neil Peart uses crotales as part of his basic drum kit.

Like tuned finger cymbals, crotales are thicker and larger; they also have slight grooves in them which give their sound more "sparkle."

L'Altro Quartetto string quartet with bongo and crotales 7'36"

Hypnogogics, for microsounds, crotales and electronics (2005)

"Pour la danseuse aux crotales"

Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mantra features pianists using crotales along with ring modulators and shortwave radio.

The percussionists play (at various times) three marimbas, two vibraphones, two bass drums, crotales, sticks, and tam-tam.

So the percussionists of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra seldom get to play congas, cowbells, zithers, crotales or tin cans.

In one instance, he reworked "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" by adding parts played on hubcaps, crotales, and floor tiles.

The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a definite note (see: crotales).

The piece was rich in beguiling timbres; one especially memorable passage paired Ms. Muhly's spiccato bounces with twinkling crotales.

Rosa-Rosae, for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello (with crotales and triangles), with or without lighting effects (1969)

It consists of a pair of wooden blocks with jingles or crotales (kartals mean crotales).

Glenn Kotche of Wilco uses crotales, most prominently in the song "I am Trying to Break Your Heart."

The ensemble opened the concert with Toru Takemitsu's "Rain Tree" (1981), a work for two marimbas, a vibraphone and two crotales.

La vallée des crotales (The Valley of the Rattlesnakes, 1964, artwork by Forton, Marabout)

Crotales are treated as transposing instruments; music for crotales is written two octaves lower than the sounding pitch, to minimize ledger lines.

One of the earliest uses of crotales in the orchestral repertoire is Claude Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.

The three performers at the rear play the antique cymbals and glockenspiel rapidly, blurring together high overtones.

The antique cymbals and glockenspiel performers repeat fragments of the three melodies in varied tempos.

Its slow movement, with women's voices chanting and nine percussionists adding delicate chimes on antique cymbals, was delectable.

Essay for recorder player (treble or tenor) with antique cymbals and wood chime (1998)

They abandon their antique cymbals and glockenspiel for switches, which they whip in the air in all directions.

This keeps crucial aspects of color - the solo flute, the contrasting oboe, the final strokes on antique cymbals - but otherwise drastically conflates.

Siôn Orgon: drums, percussion, antique cymbals; vocals, piano and synthesizers on "Joyful Misuse."

Percussion includes 5 timpani (2 players), bass drum, tamtam, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, antique cymbals, guiro, and strings.

It uses an orchestra of winds and percussion, including timpani, tubular bells, hand-bells, antique cymbals, high and low gongs, xylophone and marimba.

The pianist also plays three woodblocks, the celesta is supplemented with three antique cymbals, and the vibraphonist has three alpine cowbells coupled with three glockenspiel bars.

Crotales (pronounced "kro-tah'-les", IPA: [kroˈtɑles]), sometimes called antique cymbals, are percussion instruments consisting of small, tuned bronze or brass disks.

Stockhausen indicates that the central trio of performers should either play on three sets of antique cymbals (crotales) or 2 sets of antique cymbals and 1 glockenspiel.

Malcolm Cross: Drums on "The Angelica Declaration", "Michel Publicity Window" and "Home Butt Club"; marimba and antique cymbals on "Abuse Foundation IV"

Details of orchestration in Green, such as the prominent use of antique cymbals, and tremolandi harmonies in the strings, clearly point to the influence of Takemitsu's compositional mentor, and of these works in particular.

Refrain for three players (piano with woodblocks, vibraphone with alpine cowbells, and amplified celesta with antique cymbals) is a chamber-music composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and is number 11 in his catalog of works.

Shapey was unbothered by practicality: this 12-minute piece needs a large percussion setup and a viola for the slow movement (a quiet meditation all with metal resonances, from the pianist on celesta and the percussionist bowing antique cymbals).

Right from the start - where a percussionist strikes together a pair of antique cymbals, holds them aloft, and one sees the two polished bronze disks vibrating in the air - it is clear that Mr. Crumb's concern is not only with sound but with how sound looks.

The change began with Mahler's symphonies, where bells and drums are essential to the alpine and military soundscapes, and with Debussy's "Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune," where the high chimes of antique cymbals partly define a world of enjoyment of the senses.

The work is scored for two ring-modulated pianos; each player is also equipped with a chromatic set of crotales (antique cymbals) and a wood block, and one player is equipped with a short-wave radio producing morse code or a magnetic tape recording of morse code.

It might be, as in the middle movement of the Schwantner concerto, a vibraphone, a line of alpine cowbells, a set of antique cymbals, pairs of triangles and cymbals, a "water gong" (a gong whose pitch slides as it is lowered into water), a bass drum and a tenor drum.