Pogo cello
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The pogo cello is a percussion instrument. Its earliest ancestor is the stamping stick which is in the idiophone family. Idiophonic instruments represent some of the earliest instruments created by man. The stamping stick was used as a tool by early man to ease the burden of grinding grain, it would be held vertically and thrust down towards the ground. The rhythm of the stamping sticks was made by the work of the grinding of the grain and created a pulse that could accompany chanting and singing, making the job at hand go along a little easier.
On its way to becoming a pogo cello, two other idiophones were added to the stamping stick: the rattle, and jingles which are small bells. The final component of the pogo cello is a resonator similar to that found in an instrument called the bumbass.
