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A maraca (pronunciation ⓘ), sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, [1] is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music.It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair.
Maracas, widely used in Cha Cha Cha and jazz. Chac-chac, as known in Trinidad, Dominica and the French Antilles. 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.
Green's performances on maracas, often using two or more in each hand, were an influence on 1960s British R&B groups including the Rolling Stones, the Pretty Things, the Animals (who mentioned Green in their 1964 song "Story of Bo Diddley", and in 1965's Club A-GO-GO), Them, and Manfred Mann, all of whom incorporated the use of maracas in their ...
It is accompanied by an array of instruments, including maracas, triangles, box guitar, conga drums, goat and cowskin drums, accordion, concertina and, most prominently and uniquely, the carpenter saw. The saw is scraped with a metal object, such as a screwdriver, to produce a unique sound; this is called ripping the saw. [1]
The shak-shak (or chak-chak) is a kind of Antillean musical instrument, similar to maracas or shakers. They are played in Barbados , Montserrat , Grenada and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Their uses include Montserratian string bands and the Barbadian crop over festival.
Afro-Caribbean music is a broad term for music styles originating in the Caribbean from the African diaspora. [1] These types of music usually have West African/Central African influence because of the presence and history of African people and their descendants living in the Caribbean, as a result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. [2]
Nonsecular musical genres within the Garifuna culture stem from a fusion of West African ancestral worship and Amerindian shamanism. [citation needed] Examples of Garifuna music rituals include Adügürühani (also known as dügü), a healing ceremony; Arairaguni, an invocation to determine illness; Amuyadahani, a ritual in which family members make offerings to their ancestors; and Achuguhani ...
It is traditionally played with drums and maracas, although today guitars, keyboards and percussion instruments are used. Intermix , Tchoutcha , Inter Spoity ( Apatou ), Multi System and Compress 220v (Saint Laurent), who toured in Europe in 1999, are the main representatives of this style.