Bell stick
A bell stick , also known as sleigh bells , is a percussion instrument in which several bells ( jingle bells or sleigh bells ) are lined up on a stick and firmly connected to it. In terms of instruments, clamps are called rattling vessels . The balls (rattle) in the individual clamps hit against each other when the stick is shaken by the handle. The player can also hit the hand or the handle of the bell stick with the free hand.
The use of bell sticks is particularly well known from Christmas carols ( Jingle Bells or Last Christmas by Wham!) Or generally from music tuned for Christmas, but also from symphonic works such as Carmina Burana by Carl Orff or the 4th Symphony by Gustav Mahler .
Mention should also be made of Leopold Mozart's musical sleigh ride, which refers to carnival rides in a horse-drawn sleigh .
In the eponymous sleigh bells , which are hung around the draft horses of a sleigh team, several bells or small bells are tied to a string, a leather strap or a chain. A sleigh bell can also be placed on the yoke as a bell tree .
Another Schüttel idiophon is the bell ring or bell ring , in which cymbals are arranged in a ring shape .