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How to play Castanets

How to play Castanets

These tiny percussion instruments are like miniature clapping machines that fit right in the palm of your hand. Playing them is a bit like patting your head and rubbing your...

How to play Castanets

These tiny percussion instruments are like miniature clapping machines that fit right in the palm of your hand. Playing them is a bit like patting your head and rubbing your...

Bullroarers - History

Bullroarers - History

The bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun, is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over great distances. It dates to the Paleolithic period, being found in...

Bullroarers - History

The bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun, is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over great distances. It dates to the Paleolithic period, being found in...

Gongs - History

Gongs - History

Gongs broadly fall into one of three types: Suspended gongs are more or less flat, circular discs of metal suspended vertically by means of a cord passed through holes near...

Gongs - History

Gongs broadly fall into one of three types: Suspended gongs are more or less flat, circular discs of metal suspended vertically by means of a cord passed through holes near...

Bones - History

Bones - History

The bones are a musical instrument (more specifically, a folk instrument) which, at the simplest, consists of a pair of animal bones, or pieces of wood or a similar material....

Bones - History

The bones are a musical instrument (more specifically, a folk instrument) which, at the simplest, consists of a pair of animal bones, or pieces of wood or a similar material....

Triangle

Triangle - History

On a triangle instrument, one of the angles is left open, with the ends of the bar not quite touching. This causes the instrument to be of indeterminate or not...

Triangle - History

On a triangle instrument, one of the angles is left open, with the ends of the bar not quite touching. This causes the instrument to be of indeterminate or not...

An instrument from the Gamelan Musical Tradition

Gamelan - History

The gamelan predates the Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in its earliest records and thus represents an indigenous art form. The instruments developed into their current form during the Majapahit...

Gamelan - History

The gamelan predates the Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in its earliest records and thus represents an indigenous art form. The instruments developed into their current form during the Majapahit...