One hand clapping?

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Post by miker » Sun Mar 04, 2018 5:49 pm

Not really. But, is there an easily accessible sound of a single hand clap? All I see in the GM list is applause, which on an eighth note, gives two claps.

I looked through the other instrument lists, but didn't see a hand clap. And going into Percussion scares me!
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Mar 04, 2018 6:00 pm

How do you clap with one single hand?
I always use two hands.
(sorry, could not resist the temptation)
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Post by zuill » Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:56 pm

Isn't one hand clapping half as loud as 2?

Anyway, attached is a Hand Clap demo. It's not that hard to do in Finale.

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Post by John Ruggero » Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:46 pm

The sound of one hand clapping:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEFKFiXSx4
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It was on the good old Finale forum that I read for the first time about the possible significance of 4'33" = 273" (-273°C. = absolute zero). I'll bet you've all known this for years but just in case...
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Post by motet » Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:37 pm

Hah! Probably a coincidence, but fun. Somehow reminds me of equating Halloween and Christmas, 25 Dec. = 31 Oct. (decimal/octal),

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Post by miker » Mon Mar 05, 2018 7:07 pm

Thanks, Zuill. What is the sound? How is that set up?
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Post by zuill » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:12 pm

miker wrote:Thanks, Zuill. What is the sound? How is that set up?
In the Instrument column of the Score Manager I chose Clap. it is in the percussion list.

In the Score Manager, this shows as Standard, which is Standard MIDI percussion. It needs Channel 10, so I set that manually.

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Post by FwL » Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:30 pm

John Ruggero wrote:The sound of one hand clapping:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEFKFiXSx4

That was actually an interesting performance thanks to the coughing, snorting and sniffling from the audience.
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Post by musicus » Sun May 27, 2018 10:55 pm

But I hear the audience clapping just prior to his performance. That is not one hand clapping, I think you will agree. As for the "sound" of his perfoprmance being compared to one hand clapping,

John Ruggero wrote:The sound of one hand clapping:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEFKFiXSx4

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