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Castanets are commonly used in several Spanish folk music and dances, such as the Jota, a music/dance probably originated in Aragón, and the Fandango.It spread, partly with these genres, throughout Central Spain/Castile, and Southern parts of Spain.
Eighteenth century Castilian fandango dancers (by Pierre Chasselat) (1753–1814) Fandango rhythm. [1]Fandango is a lively partner dance originating in Portugal and Spain, usually in triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, tambourine or hand-clapping.
In 2016 he participated in the film J: Beyond Flamenco by Carlos Saura, the legendary Spanish film maker who reveals the energy and passion of the jota, a waltz-like castanet dance with its origins in Saura's home province of Aragon. [9] Around a Celtic circle, Nuñez with his bagpipe directed the Galician jota.
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.
The dance start with the individual making a beat by hitting both tights with both hands twice and clapping the hands on the third beat. Then after, beats the chest twice to make the fourth and fifth beat. This is being done with a smile and cheerful face while moving. Also, the dance performance goes in the rhythm of the instruments. [2] [3]
Tajaraste (From Berber TAJARAST) is combined music and dance typical of the Canary Islands, Spain.It is specific to the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera.Essentially an upbeat, happy and syncopated rhythm, danced in pairs accompanied by tambourines, drums and small castanet-like instruments called chácaras.
Drumstick style: One spoon held concave-side against the palm, and handle jammed tight under the wrist watch belt, another in between ring and middle fingers of the left hand hitting the latter castanet style, and a third spoon in the right hand hitting both spoons in the left hand.
The dance evolved from Fandango, a Spanish folk dance, which arrived in the Philippines during the Hispanic period. The dance is accompanied by castanets. [1] This dance, together with the Jota, became popular among the illustrados or the upper class and later adapted among the local communities. In the early 18th century, any dance that is ...