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  2. Rattle (percussion instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Rattle from Papua New Guinea, made from leaves, seeds and coconut shell, to be tied around a dancer's ankle Maracas from Mexico Rattles from Pompeii. A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken. Rattles are described in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as Shaken Idiophones or Rattles (112.1). [1] According to ...

  3. Rattle (percussion beater) - Wikipedia

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    A rattle is a percussion beater that is attached to or enclosed by a percussion instrument so that motion of the instrument will cause the rattle to strike the instrument and create musical sound. Examples include: The rivets of a sizzle cymbal. The jingles of a tambourine. The seeds inside a maraca. The ball chain of a cabasa. The snares of a ...

  4. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Instruments classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones, struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones. Where an instrument meets this definition but is often or traditionally excluded from the term percussion this is noted. Instruments commonly used as unpitched and/or untuned percussion.

  5. Ratchet (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    A ratchet or rattle, more specifically, cog rattle [1] is a musical instrument of the percussion family and a warning/signaling device. It operates on the principle of the ratchet device , using a gearwheel and a stiff board mounted on a handle, which rotates freely.

  6. Vibraslap - Wikipedia

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    The percussionist holds the metal wire in one hand and strikes the ball (usually against the palm of their other hand). The box acts as a resonating body for a metal mechanism placed inside with a number of loosely fastened pins or rivets that vibrate and rattle against the box. [1] The instrument is a modern version of the jawbone. [2]

  7. Pellet drum - Wikipedia

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    A Tibetan damaru. Pellet drums, or rattle drums, are a class of membranophone, or drum, characterized by their construction and manner of playing. [1] They have two heads (either a single double-headed drum or two hemispherical single-headed drums joined together with the heads facing outward), and two pellets, each connected by a cord to the drum.

  8. Maraca - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Hand percussion - Wikipedia

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    Hand percussion is a percussion instrument that is held in the hand. [1] They can be made from wood, metal or plastic, bottles stops and are usually shaken, scraped, or tapped with fingers or a stick. It includes all instruments that are not drums, or any instrument that is a pitched percussion instrument, such as the marimba or the xylophone.