Sound gesture

A sound gesture is a sound made with the help of the human body.

Elementary sound gestures are:

• Clapping (a slap with one hand on the other hand)
• Knocking (a blow with your fist on a suitable material, e.g. wood)
• Slapping (slapping one hand on a different part of the body than the other hand)
• Snapping fingers (the sound of a hand)
• Stamping (with your foot on the ground)
• Clicking the tongue (with the tongue on the roof of the mouth )
• Whistling (with the lips)

Combinations of sound gestures are called body percussion , but folk music forms Schuhplattler , Juba , Zapateado and Flamenco also combine sound gestures. The imitation of different rhythm noises with the mouth is called vocal percussion or beatboxing .

Sound gestures are used specifically in early musical education .

Literature (on the subject of "Body Percussion")

• Martin J. Junker: Six bagatelles for body percussion solo. Dinklage 2000 (Gretel-Verlag)
• Jürgen Zimmermann: JUBA - The world of body percussion. Boppard / Rhein 1999 (Fidula-Verlag)