Castanets
[DE211]

Description:

Learning Values:

Independent Play

Mathematical Abilities

Musical Skill

Linguistic Ability

Fine Motor Control

Cooperative Play

Visual Perception

Sturdy timber finished with bright painted face. Suitable for 3 years to adult.

With a name that means, "the hitting of one body against another," what kid could resist!.

Instruments in the percussion family are played by being struck, shaken, or scraped. In the orchestra, the percussion section provides a variety of rhythms, textures and tone colors. Percussion instruments are classified as tuned or un tuned. Tuned instruments play specific pitches or notes, just like the woodwind, brass and string instruments. Un tuned instruments produce a sound with an indefinite pitch, like the sound of a hand knocking on a door. The percussion instruments are an international family, with ancestors from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe representing musical styles from many different cultures. These Castanets consist of two pieces of hard wood in the shape of a frog or beetle that are hinged together. When the wood pieces strike each other, they create an un tuned sound that is often associated with Spanish dances.

Size

• Length 7 cm
• Width 5 cm
• Height 4 cm

Non Toxic, lead free finish.