Musical Blocks
Wood blocks, temple blocks, tone blocks, tick-tock blocks and sand blocks from EMUS, NINO, SUZUKI and Timber Drum Co. for classrooms.
SUZUKI Temple Blocks
EMUS Temple Blocks
EMUS Wood Block
NINO 7" Wood Block
Timber Drum Co. Wood Block
3 options
EMUS Multi-Tone Tank with Handle
EMUS Tick-Tock Block
EMUS Double Tone Block
EMUS Guiro Tone Block
EMUS Sand Blocks
EMUS Sand Blocks
SUZUKI BARcussion High Woodblock with Key Base
SUZUKI BARcussion Low Woodblock with Key Base
About Musical Blocks
Every wooden block instrument in one place: wood blocks, tone blocks, tick-tock blocks, temple blocks and sand blocks, from EMUS, NINO, SUZUKI and Timber Drum Co.
Wood is the clearest material in a classroom percussion set. The note starts and stops immediately with no ring after it, which is what makes a wooden instrument the right choice when the job is holding a steady beat or playing a rhythm that has to stay legible in a room full of students.
Wood blocks are hollow hardwood struck with a mallet, giving one clear dry note. Double tone and tick-tock blocks have two slots of different lengths for a high and a low note from the same instrument. The EMUS guiro tone block adds a ridged face for scraping, and the multi-tone tank gives several pitches from one body.
Temple blocks are the resonant relative. A set of five mounted on a frame and tuned to a rising scale, they give a rounder, hollower knock and let a short melodic phrase be played across them.
Sand blocks work the opposite way. Sandpaper faces rubbed together produce a soft brushing hiss with no attack at all, quiet enough to sit under singing.
SUZUKI BARcussion high and low woodblocks come on a key base for one-handed table playing.
