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rattle
📅 Updated:2019-03-28
🕒 Created:2016-12-29
🆔 ID:14615
Description
A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken. Rattles are described in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as Shaken Idiophones or Rattles (112.1).
Types Of Rattles:
- Shac-Shac, as known in Trinidad, Dominica and the French Antilles.
- Maracas, widely used in Cha Cha Cha and jazz.
- The egg-shaped plastic chicken shake, filled with steel shot and available in varying tones depending on the size and quantity of shot.
- Folk instruments especially used in ceremonial dance.
- Toy rattles for infants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattle_%28percussion_instrument%29
