Octobane
An octoban is a set with up to 24 single-headed tube drums, tuned to a range of two octaves, similar to bongos , and is used as a melody or accompanying instrument. The sound fits in well with that of other tuned percussion instruments such as the marimba ; it is duller, deeper and not so precisely tuned. The Octoban goes back to a drum set made of bamboo tubes, which was developed in the USA in the 1950s and which became known under the name Boobam .
Cast examples
- Hans Werner Henze Heliogabalus Imperator : With flutes, trumpets, clarinets, bassoon, marimba, marimbula [or guitar or hand-plucked piano strings], finger cymbals, Japanese temple bell [large], bird call [very high]; Boo-bam [or marimba with a damper]. Trinidad steel drum, castanets, glockenspiel, bird call [high] Chinese cymbals, 4 cow bells, bird call [medium]; Thunder plate Sarna bell. Bird call [low]; Drums, harp, strings.
- The wrong prince . Music theater for children based on the fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff by Jens-Peter Ostendorf. With flutes, English horn, saxophone, clarinet, percussion: bongos, woodwinds, 2 temple blocks, snare drum, 3 tom-toms, vibraphone, bass drum, hi-hat, tubular bells, large tam-tam, boo-bam, marimba, vibraphone, 4 Tom-toms, 2 woodwinds, large tam-tam., Bk, ed.Bk, small tr, maracas, bongo, large tam-t., Keyboard, Va, Vc
- Bobby Hutcherson : Solo Quartet , Contemporary, "Gotcha", with boo-bam, marimba, bass marimba, xylophone, vibraphone and glockenspiel.
Popular drummers who use Octobans in their drum kit include Simon Phillips ( Toto ) and Stewart Copeland ( The Police ).