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gourd rattle [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
  • Music (General)
  • Musicology
OBS

A natural product, gourd ..., squash, or pumpkin ... is used. It may be a curved-necked or long-necked variety dried with the seeds left inside for sounding, or one with the handle end cut off and a wooden handle inserted through the body and fastened by a cross-peg... This rattle is formally used in rites addressed to spirits of cultivated plants, and in the Corn-husk Mask Society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Musicologie
CONT

Parmi les hochets fabriqués de matières animales - et qui s'utilisent de nos jours -, les instruments en carapace de tortue, en peau de rat, en cuir sont les plus remarquables : ils proviennent le plus souvent de l'Amérique du Nord; [...] on trouve aussi nombre de hochets américains et africains en vannerie qui imitent grossièrement la forme de la calebasse. Mais le type le plus courant est précisément le «hochet-calebasse» d'Afrique noire, qui résonne dans les accompagnements de danses et de chants.

Spanish

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