Shaker (music)
Shaker (English, "mixing cup", from to shake , "to shake"), actually shaken idiophone ("shake idiophone "), is another word in English for rattle (" rattle ") and usually means a vessel rattle, like the instrumental name reads. This is a percussion instrument in which small rattles enclosed in a vessel are thrown against the inner wall of the vessel by shaking, rotating or hitting it quickly, producing a crackling sound.
Shakers are rhythmic accompanying instruments and in principle suitable for every style of music. In German, the English expression is mostly used in the areas of Latin American music , pop music and jazz. There are a number of different types. The sound and volume of a shaker depend on the size and material of the container (wood, plastic or metal), the size and material of the rattle (e.g. rice, plant seeds, plastic granulate or metal balls) and the filling height.
A shaker popular in Brazilian music is called the Ganzá and is a shaker tube , i.e. it consists of a hollow cylindrical body that contains a granular filling. Shakers are mainly used in Latin American musical styles such as Samba or Maracatu . In Portuguese, which is also spoken in Brazil, shakers are generally called chocalho . Individual shakers are, for example, eggshaker , maracas and cabasa .
When the rattle inside a vessel rattle hits a membrane, it is called a rattle drum . Rocar is a shaker used in the Samba, which is one of the bar rattles and consists of a metal frame. In this frame, pairs of metal disks ( cymbals ) are suspended from several rods , which hit each other when shaken.
