Shakers & Rattles

Rattles and shakers, both idiophones, are grouped together here because they are quite similar. Typically, “rattle” is assigned to a shaker instrument on a stick, such as maracas, while the term “shaker” applies to any resonant container with beads, seeds or other small objects inside. Although not all technically “shakers”, for simplicity’s sake, all idiophonesContinue reading “Shakers & Rattles”