page_title: Rattle (percussion instrument)
hierarchical_section_title: Rattle (percussion instrument)
caption_attribution_description: Rattles from Mexico
context_page_description: A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken. Rattles are described in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as Shaken Idiophones or Rattles.
  Rattles include:
  Maracas, widely used in Cha Cha Cha and jazz.
  Chac-chac, as known in Trinidad, Dominica and the French Antilles.
  The egg-shaped plastic chicken shake, filled with steel shot and available in varying tones depending on the size and quantity of shot.
  Folk instruments especially used in ceremonial dance.
  Toy rattles for infants.
  Though there are many different sorts of rattles, some music scores indicate simply a rattle.
context_section_description: A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken. Rattles are described in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as Shaken Idiophones or Rattles (112.1).
  Rattles include:
  Maracas, widely used in Cha Cha Cha and jazz.
  Chac-chac, as known in Trinidad, Dominica and the French Antilles.
  The egg-shaped plastic chicken shake, filled with steel shot and available in varying tones depending on the size and quantity of shot.
  Folk instruments especially used in ceremonial dance.
  Toy rattles for infants.
  Though there are many different sorts of rattles, some music scores indicate simply a rattle (or the corresponding terms French claquette, hochet; Ger. Rassel, Schnarre; It. nacchere).
caption: Maracas from Mexico
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