Gong Playing Techniques

In this video I demonstrate various gong playing techniques using different mallets: Paiste M1, Paiste M6, Innovative Percussion CG2, Mike Balter GM4, Mike Balter WG1, Vic Firth Sound Power GB1, and various friction mallets (Yin Yang, Mike Balter, eWand). The gong I’m playing in this video is a Paiste 32“ Symphonic. Alexandre Tannous is as a musician, educator, composer, and an ethnomusicologist. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition, and a Master of Arts degree in Music Education from Columbia University Teachers College. As a recipient of the Mellon Fellowship he also earned a Master of Arts and a Master of Philosophy degrees in Ethnomusicology from Columbia University where he was enrolled in the PH.D. program. He has taught at Columbia University and is a frequent guest-lecturer at universities, institutions, and museums. As an ethnomusicologist, he has conducted fieldwork for 17 years in over 40 countries around the world. For the past 15 years he has been researc