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Clappers come in pairs and are often held in the hands, fastened together, or strapped to the performer's fingers. The clapper family also includes spoons, bones and castanets. [7] 4th century A.D. relief of Greek dancer with cymbals. Roman artwork from Mildenhall Treasure. Modern dancers use varieties of zills, finger cymbals or castanets.
Castanets, also known as clackers or palillos, are a percussion instrument , used in Spanish, Calé, Moorish, [1] Ottoman, Italian, Mexican, Sephardic, Portuguese, Brazilian and Swiss music. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome there was a similar instrument called the crotalum.
As a keyboard instrument, not part of the percussion section of the orchestra [4] Chácaras: Canary Islands Unpitched 111.141 Idiophone Chenda: India Unpitched 211.212 Membranophone Chime bar: Pitched 111.221 Idiophone Chime (bell instrument) Pitched 111.242.2 Idiophone Chimta: South Asia Idiophone China cymbal: Unpitched 111.24 Idiophone ...
A half-section of the Song dynasty (960–1279) version of the Night Revels of Han Xizai, original by Gu Hongzhong; [4] the female musicians in the center of the image are playing transverse bamboo flutes and guan, and the male musician is playing a wooden clapper called paiban.
A clapper is a basic form of percussion instrument. It consists of two long solid pieces that are struck together producing sound. They exist in many forms in many different cultures around the world. Clappers can take a number of forms and be made of a wide variety of material. Wood is most common, but metal and ivory have also been used.
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Illustration taken from the drawing of an ancient marble in Spon's Miscellanea, [1] representing one of the crotalistriae performing.. In classical antiquity, a crotalum (κρόταλον krotalon) [2] was a kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in ancient Greece and elsewhere, including the Korybantes.
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