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A quijada, a donkey jawbone with its teeth intact.

Quijada

A real donkey jawbone, played by Robert Fernández. The distinctive rattle of Peruvian and Cuban folkloric music.

  • Kontakt
  • Decent Sampler

$5+Pay what you want

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The quijada is an idiophone made from the jawbone of a donkey, with the original teeth intact. It is traditional in Peru and Cuba, and other countries have adopted it for effects and folkloric music.

I recorded these samples with my good friend Robert Fernández in Phoenix in 2021, along with some of his other rare instruments. I recommend a little reverb, but not too much.

Royalty free in any production, including client projects. A credit is appreciated but not required. You may not sell or redistribute the samples, or claim them as your own.

Details

Round robins
8
Microphones
Close (about 8 inches) and room, adjustable
Mapping
C3 short stroke, D3 long stroke, E3 slap
Kontakt
Needs the full version of Kontakt. It likely won’t work in the free Kontakt Player, so I recommend the Decent Sampler version; it uses the same samples.

Demos