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Castanets, also known as clackers or palillos, are a percussion instrument , used in Spanish, Calé, Moorish, [1] Ottoman, Italian, Mexican, Sephardic, Portuguese, Philippine, Brazilian, and Swiss music. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome there was a similar instrument called the crotalum.
Chácaras are used in the traditional music of the islands of El Hierro and La Gomera, the latter being bigger than the hands of the player. They are often accompanied by tambor drums and chanting , and by dancers performing the baile de tambor (drum dance).
Palmas is a handclapping style which plays an essential role in flamenco music. It used to help punctuate and accentuate the song and dance.Palmas can be a substitute for music, such as in the corrillo at the end of a show, and palmistas can assist the musicians by keeping a strong tempo, or the dancer by accentuating the end or beginning of a phrase.
In Cuba, the güiro is used in the genre danzón. [7] In Puerto Rico, the güiro often associated with the music of the jíbaro and is used in the musical genres of the plena, the seis, and the danza. [8] [9] In the Caribbean coast, the güiro was used in traditional, folk dance cumbia music and is still used in modern cumbia music. [7]
The Joropo folk dance in Venezuela is seen as a rich musical expression. This dance is greatly cherished and seen as the national dance and symbol of the nation. Joropo's known as an umbrella genre that implements a variety in dance and vocals. Music is a substantive part of Joropo, and till this day, Venezuela is not in opposition to its ...
Pages in category "Spanish musical instruments" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Palmas (music) R. Rabel (instrument) Requinto; T.
The güira (Spanish pronunciation:) is a percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic used in merengue, bachata, and to a lesser extent, other genres such as cumbia.It is made of a metal sheet (commonly steel) and played with a stiff brush, thus being similar to the Haitian graj (a perforated metal cylinder scraped with a stick) and the Cuban guayo (metal scraper) and güiro (gourd scraper).
A conchera [1] or concha is Mexican stringed-instrument, plucked by concheros dancers. The instruments were important to help preserve elements of native culture from Eurocentric-Catholic suppression. [2] The instruments are used by concheros dancers [3] for singing at velaciones (nighttime rituals) and for dancing at obligaciones (dance ...