chocalho
"Chocalho" is the generic name for "shaker" in Portuguese. There are various types of idiophones using this name in Portuguese, not always being the same instrument: • a shaker; • a kind of jingle stick used to play samba music; • a cowbell. Chocalhos are typically used as a support to the sound of the caixas, to sustain the rhythm in the bateria.
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"Chocalho" is the generic name for "shaker" in Portuguese. There are various types of idiophones using this name in Portuguese, not always being the same instrument: • a shaker; • a kind of jingle stick used to play samba music; • a cowbell. Chocalhos are typically used as a support to the sound of the caixas, to sustain the rhythm in the bateria.
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This instrument consists of an aluminum or wooden frame with a number of rows, each carrying pairs of jingles (platinelas). The chocalho is played by shaking it back and forth and pumping the arms up and down.
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• Name — Chocalho • Background — percussion • Classification — hand percussion • Hornbostel Sachs — 112.112 • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Stick rattles • Related — Shaker • Illustration — Musicians playing chocalho in a Samba school parade
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