Chocalho
In Brazilian music, chocalho is the collective name for various shaken and beaten rattles , especially common in samba , which in turn are differentiated into wholeás (rattles of vessels or shakers made from tubes filled with rattles) and rocars (rattles).
In the narrower sense, the term is often only used for the latter rocars , which are available in two different designs: on the one hand as a board with two handles at each end and a large number of loose metal plates ( cymbals ) in between on the front and back of the board, on the other hand as a metal frame in which these clamps can move freely to and fro on small metal rods. In very rare cases the frames are made of wood.
The instruments are shaken rhythmically and create a loud and bright sound carpet for the drummers of the samba formation called bateria , whereby it is important that the metal bells of the chocalhos strike in quick succession in front and back so that there is no rattling, but rather a sudden sound . The instrument is performed alternately above and below for each beat (the first beat is performed in the upper level). The movement of the cuffs is done by moving the wrists, not the arm movements.
The same function can also be taken over by the Ganzás or the xequerê with a slightly different timbre and volume .
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- ↑ Chocalho-Warenkunde ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed May 21, 2014.
