scabellum
Illustration — Reconstitution of a scabellum A scabellum is a percussion instrument, a kind of clapper, used in ancient Rome and Greece. It is worn like a sandal on the right foot, used in antiquity by the conductor or by the aulos player to mark the rhythm. A scabellum is composed of two wooden or metallic plates, forming two thick soles connected by a hinge at the back.
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Illustration — Reconstitution of a scabellum A scabellum is a percussion instrument, a kind of clapper, used in ancient Rome and Greece. It is worn like a sandal on the right foot, used in antiquity by the conductor or by the aulos player to mark the rhythm. A scabellum is composed of two wooden or metallic plates, forming two thick soles connected by a hinge at the back.
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Two small cymbals were often fixed; it may be considered an ancestor of the hi-hat. The term is an unadapted borrowing from Latin.
Scabellum is a concussion plaque.
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