What's the proper name for a drummer's dangly thing?

[catherine]

You know, the one that makes a tinkly sound when you move your hand along it - lots of little metal bars hanging down - what is it called?

I was asked what was making a tinkly sound when my sons and I were listening to some music recently and I realised that I know what it looks like but I don't know its name.

[Pedro]

Wind chimes?

[Tricky]

At here's the answer; courtesy of the big W

A mark tree (also known as a chime tree or set of bar chimes) is a percussion instrument used primarily for musical colour. It consists of many small chimes – typically cylinders of solid metal approximately 6 mm (one-quarter inch) in diameter – of varying lengths mounted hanging from a bar. The chimes are played by sweeping a finger or stick through the length of the hanging chimes. They are mounted in pitch order to produce rising or falling glissandos.

Unlike tubular bells, another form of chime, the chimes on a mark tree do not produce a definite pitch, as they produce inharmonic (rather than harmonic) spectra.

The mark tree is named after its inventor, studio percussionist Mark Stevens. He devised the instrument in 1967. When he could not come up with a name, percussion legend Emil Richards dubbed the instrument the mark tree.

There are two common mislabelings given to the mark tree. The first is wind chimes. Although they may seem similar, percussionists make a distinction between the two. On a mark tree, the chimes are mounted linearly, while on a set of wind chimes, the chimes are typically mounted in a circular fashion with a hanging beater strung in the center of them. The second is bell tree, which refers to a set of graduated cup-shaped bells mounted vertically along a center post.

[Big Black Shed]

I'm sure that was an invitation for a Frankie Howard moment.

Ooooh Missus.  

[catherine]

Thanks Tricky. I can sleep more easily now!

I initlally thought they were called bell trees, but I googled them and they looked nothing like what I was expecting.

[rogerg]

this thread gets my vote as the Best Thread Title Ever.

 8-)

[Bokkie]

Oh.. well..i am a drummer but i never named my dangly thing. I know there many drummers who gave there dangly thing a name, but i'm not one of them.  There are also non drummers who gave there dangly thing a name. I even know wifes or girlfriends of drummers and non drummers who gave names to the dangly thing of there boyfriends or husbands. And i assume that there are female drummers who would have loved to named there dangly thing if they had one.
And there is still the question which name to choose and if that is a proper name for the dangly thing in question. Or is it generally speaking proper to name your dangly thing at all  

Maybe a new thread? How do you call your dangly thing?

[johninblack]

So we've gone from dangly thing waving to dangly thing naming.... :mrgreen:

For the record my dangly thing is also unnamed.

[Bokkie]

Oh.. well..i am a drummer but i never named my dangly thing. I know there many drummers who gave there dangly thing a name, but i'm not one of them.  There are also non drummers who gave there dangly thing a name. I even know wifes or girlfriends of drummers and non drummers who gave names to the dangly thing of there boyfriends or husbands. And i assume that there are female drummers who would have loved to named there dangly thing if they had one.
And there is still the question which name to choose and if that is a proper name for the dangly thing in question. Or is it generally speaking proper to name your dangly thing at all  

Maybe a new thread? How do you call your dangly thing?

Oh..i forgot...does it make a tinkly sound when you move your hand along it?
In my case.. if you move hard enough you will get a high pitch note, but no tingly sounds. But i guess that's an off-forum thread.

[johninblack]

But i guess that's an off-forum thread.

I think so too.  :shock:   :shock:

[Tricky]

Oh.. well..i am a drummer but i never named my dangly thing. I know there many drummers who gave there dangly thing a name, but i'm not one of them.  There are also non drummers who gave there dangly thing a name. I even know wifes or girlfriends of drummers and non drummers who gave names to the dangly thing of there boyfriends or husbands. And i assume that there are female drummers who would have loved to named there dangly thing if they had one.
And there is still the question which name to choose and if that is a proper name for the dangly thing in question. Or is it generally speaking proper to name your dangly thing at all  

Maybe a new thread? How do you call your dangly thing?

Oh..i forgot...does it make a tinkly sound when you move your hand along it?
In my case.. if you move hard enough you will get a high pitch note, but no tingly sounds. But i guess that's an off-forum thread.

But loads of tingly feeling...
Ooh err missus  :oops:

[Nellie]

Tut, tut and tut again!

[Bokkie]

I should have known...i never should have written that last part.




Wind chimes are cool!! never had one though. But i have a cow bell!! So i suppose that's a bit cool. Moooooh!!

[Bert]

Baaaaaa !!

[Pedro]

Honnnkkk!