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Castanets

Castanets, also known as clackers or palillos, are a percussion instrument (idiophonic), used in Spanish, Calé, Moorish, Ottoman, Greek, Italian, Mexican, Sephardic, Portuguese, Filipino, Brazilian, and Swiss music. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome there was a similar instrument called the crotalum.

Castanets in Spain, Overview & Mounted castanets

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Castanets in Spain

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Percussion instrumentIdiophonicSpanishCaléMoorish
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Mounted castanets

OrchestralRoll
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hand percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
111.141 (Directly struck concussive idiophone)

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Castanets in Spain

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Castanets

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related to Castanets in Spain · 33
Castanets → An, Andalusia/South Spain, Aragón, Carmen, Central Spain/Castile, Dance, Darius Milhaud's Les Choëphores, Fandango, Fandango-influenced, Francis Poulenc's Concerto, Georges Bizet's, In, In Andalusia, It, Jota, Karl Jenkins's Tangollen, Murcia, Orchestra, Other, Ravel's Rapsodie
related to Mounted castanets · 4
Castanets → For, It, This, When
related to Handle castanets · 2
Castanets → Handle, They
Classification · 1
Castanets → hand percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Castanets → 111.141 (Directly struck concussive idiophone)

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used instrument also music castanet dances spanish pair ancient spain one held fingers hand metal origins sources percussion crotalum known

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CastanetsClassificationhand percussion1.00infobox
CastanetsHornbostel–Sachs classification111.141 (Directly struck concussive idiophone)1.00infobox
demonsinstance ofthey are often scored for dances involving less pleasant characters0.80text
Castanetsrelated to Castanets in SpainSpanish0.60section
Castanetsrelated to Castanets in SpainJota0.60section
Castanetsrelated to Castanets in SpainAragón0.60section
Castanetsrelated to Castanets in SpainFandango0.60section
Castanetsrelated to Castanets in SpainIt0.60section
Castanetsrelated to Castanets in SpainCentral Spain/Castile0.60section
Castanetsrelated to Castanets in SpainSouthern0.60section
Castanetsrelated to Castanets in SpainSpain0.60section
Castanetsrelated to Castanets in SpainSiguiriya0.60section

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