Toccata from L'Orfeo and Ranky Tanky

In both of these pieces the ensemble use instrument techniques to create a variety of different sounds to get different tone colors. Toccata from L'Orfeo used the instruments that were common within the time period the piece was written to give it a more accurate sound to how the original would have sounded. They used trumpets without valves and stringed instruments without sound holes because those things didn't exist in the time period therefore would have had a different sound quality and tone to modern day instruments. Ranky Tanky used different techniques to keep its tone color on the upbeat sound that it had. Within the percussion they didn't use regular drumsticks or mallets they used what looked like a mallet with fringe at the end to create a more unique sound to create that specific tone color.