Vagrant Strands Equipment list o Instruments 3 Triangles of different “pitches” Suspended Cymbal (sufficiently textured, on a straight stand) Tam-tam Guiro (mounted or otherwise secured) 3 identical glass bottles with tapered necks 2 large tin cans (ex. large coffee cans) small tin can (in relation to the other cans) 3 woodblocks of different “pitches” 3 tom toms of different “pitches” o Mallets Basic Mallets • 6-8 pairs of mallets of different hardnesses, from hardest to softest (in addition to mallets listed below) • 2 hard mallets • large soft mallet • 2 large medium mallets • medium mallet (with a fairly hard stick) • small brass mallet Special Mallets • 4 triangle beaters • 4 wirebrushes • 4 wood (snare) sticks • superball mallet Other Implements • bass bow • large coin (quarter or larger) • handful of small coins (pennies, dimes) • rice • (water) Other Equipment • 2 mallet platforms • 2 mallet bags • small, square instrument table • rectangular instrument table with smooth surface • 7 or more towels or other “covers” • large rack for suspending the bottles • 2 “stoppers” (ex. thick wadded-up fabric)
Vagrant Strands Percussion Setup Covered Instrument Table Woodblocks Guiro
Bottle Rack (bottles suspended upside-down) Large Water-Filled Can
Table Cover
Suspended Cymbal
Small Empty Can (below) Water-Filled Bottle (above) Instrument Table With Smooth Surface Rice Filled Bottle Empty Bottle Table Cover Large Empty Can
Left Mallet Platform (covered)
(direction of tilt)
Large Tom-tom
Medium Tom-tom
Triangles
Right Mallet Platform (covered)
Mallet Bags (hanging)
Tam-tam Floor Towel
Small Tom-tom
Floor Towel