Castanets definitions

Castanets

1) African percussion instrument 2) African symphonic instrument 3) African melodic instrument 4) African musical device 5) African music instrument 6) African melodic device 7) African symphonic gizmo 8) African music gizmo 9) African music equipment 10) African melodic gizmo 11) African musical instrument
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Castanets

1) Bones 2) Clappers 3) Maraca 4) Snappers
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Castanets

Castanets are a percussion instrument (idiophone), used in Kalo, Moorish, Ottoman, ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Sephardic, Swiss, and Portuguese music. The instrument consists of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by a string. They are held in the hand and used to produce clicks for rhythmic accents or a ripping or rattling sound cons...
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Castanets

• (n. pl.) Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.
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castanets

percussion instrument of the clapper family, consisting of two hollowed-out pear-shaped pieces of hardwood, ivory, or other substance hinged together ... [2 related articles]
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Castanets

Cas'ta·nets noun plural [ French castagnettes , Spanish castañetas , from Latin castanea (Sp. castaña ) a chestnut. So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because chestnuts were first used for castanets. See Chestnut .] Two small, concave sh...
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Castanets

Castanets are small concave shells of ivory or hard wood used by the Spaniards and Moors to make a rattling sound to accompany dancing. A pair of castanets are held in the palm of the hand and struck with the middle finger.
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castanets

Spanish percussion instrument made of two hollowed wooden shells, originally chestnut wood (Spanish castaña). They are held in the palm and drummed together by the fingers to produce a rhythmic accompaniment to dance. Orchestral castanets or `clappers`, mounted on a handle, were employed by silent-film effects ...
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castanets

[Difficult words] pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone made to click together
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castanets

[Obscure words] pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone made to click together
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