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Painting of a musician playing a paiban. Mogao Caves, cave 159, paiban A paiban used in Chaozhou music. The paiban (Chinese: 拍板; pinyin: pāibǎn) is a clapper made from several flat pieces of hardwood or bamboo (or, formerly, sometimes also ivory or metal), which is used in many different forms of Chinese music. [1]
A matraca from Mission Santa Barbara, c. 1900. Made from wood, the particular style and manner of noise-making varies between different clappers.Some use an integral hammer that strikes the wood, while others use a piece of wood that rides over a gear to make a clicking noise. [10]
Bak (Korean: 박; Hanja: 拍) is a wooden clapper used in Korean court and ritual music. [1] [2] The person playing the bak is called jipbak, serving as the conductor or musical supervisor for the group. The bak creates the clapping sound if clapped to indicate when the music starts. [1]
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.
This wooden clapper is a Ghana Vadya which has discs or plates that produce a clinking sound when clapped together. It falls under the class of idiophones of self-sounding instruments that combine properties of vibrator and resonator. Usually made of wood or metal, a khartal player will hold one ‘male’ and ‘female’ khartal in each hand.
A sewing table or work table is a table or desk used for sewing. Generally it has large amounts of space and a full set of sewing tools. Nearby there will be a chair and a waste bin. A common attachment is a dropleaf to give expanded space. Other attachments can be a cloth bag for storing sewing materials, drawers, or shelves. [1]
Clappers are musical instruments made of wood, bone, metal, and other substances that are played by being struck against each other. 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]
Guban – Wooden clapper and small drum (biqigu, diangu, or huaigu) Several other instruments sometimes are also used: Zhonghu – two-string fiddle, larger and lower pitched than the erhu; Ruan – plucked lute with four strings; Liuqin – small plucked lute with four strings; Guzheng – plucked zither with movable bridges