Clave is a Cuban folk musical instrument, idiophone, whose appearance is associated with Africa. Refers to percussion, simple in its performance, is currently of great importance in Latin American music, most often used in Cuban. What does the tool look like? The clave looks like cylindrical sticks made of solid wood. In some orchestras, it can also be made like a plastic box that is installed on a drum stand. Play technique A musician playing the idiophone holds one stick so that the palm plays the role of a kind of resonator, and with the second stick strikes the first one in rhythm. The sound is influenced by the clarity…

The Jews called it “ringing”, in temple orchestras playing it accompanied the reading of the Bible. It was also used in the ancient orgaistic rites of Dionysus and Cybele. The oldest percussion from the family of idiophones very quickly lost its purpose. In its place came the well-known copper plates. What are cymbals The ancient Romans tied two flat round fragments of bronze, one to each hand with animal skin cords. So they did not fall, did not slip out of the hands of the performer. Hitting the “kruglyashi” against each other, the musicians created a rhythmic pattern, accompanied by a sound effect. Cymbals were used both during rituals and…

Important events in the life of Africa, holidays and meetings of tribal leaders were certainly accompanied by the sound of the mbira. The name says that she “speaks with the voice of her ancestors.” The music played by the instrument could be very different in sound – gentle and pacifying or militantly disturbing. Today, the kalimba has not lost its significance, it is used as a folk instrument, used at solo festivals and for accompaniment in ensemble sound. Устройство The homeland of the Kalimba is the African continent. The local people consider it national, support the traditions of the ancestor through use in culture. Translated from the local dialect, the…

Castanets are percussion instruments. Translated from Spanish, the name “castanuelas” means “chestnuts”, due to the visual resemblance to the fruits of the chestnut tree. In Spanish Andalusia, it is called “palillos”, which means “chopsticks” in Russian. Today it is most common in Spain and Latin America. Tool design Castanets look like 2 identical plates, similar in shape to shells, fastened together with their sunken sides inward. In the ears of the structures there are holes through which a ribbon or cord is pulled, attached to the fingers. Usually the tool is made of hardwood. But now you can find an option made of fiberglass. When making an instrument for a…

At carnivals in Brazil, in the festive processions of the inhabitants of Latin America, in Africa, a river-river sounds – the oldest percussion musical instrument of African tribes. Overview The design of the ancient reco-reco is very simple. It was a bamboo stick with notches. Sometimes, instead of bamboo, an animal horn was used, on the surface of which grooves were cut. The performer took another stick and drove it back and forth along the notched surface. That’s how the sound was made. The instrument was used in ritual rituals. With the help of such an idiophone, representatives of the tribes turned to the spirits of the Orisha in order…