{"id":965,"date":"2024-12-10T16:02:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T15:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juancardenas.es\/ktgt\/?p=965"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:09:07","slug":"idiophones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kastagnette.com\/en\/idiophones\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiophones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The castanets belong to the idiophones<\/strong>, the self-toners<\/strong> or self-sounders<\/strong>. The instrument itself vibrates and does not need strings or a membrane to produce sounds. In the group of idiophones, castanets belong to the counter-strike instruments<\/strong> and can be found all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Probably the preforms of the castanets<\/strong> are the oldest instruments of mankind. Two sticks, stones, conch shells were used to beat rhythms, mostly in ritual dances. They were played in all cultures and on all continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Greece they were called
Kr\u00f3talos<\/strong> (Greek crotos – pulse).
In Roman times and in Hispania (Latin name for the Iberian Peninsula).
Crusmata<\/strong> (Latin crusma: a music accompanying played on a percussion instrument).
In Spain
Casta\u00f1eta, Casta\u00f1uela or Palillo<\/strong> (little stick).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way: the rhythm with 2 spoons in Bavarian folklore is also an idiophone. And this practice of playing with spoons is also widespread all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a Japanese legend, when music was invented, the gods themselves stroke the beat on them, on ‘the mother of all instruments<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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