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• CASTANETS (Fr. castagnettes, Ger. Kastagnetten, Span. castanuelas)

CASTANETS (Fr. castagnettes, Ger. Kastagnetten, Span. castanuelas)  , See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments of percussion, introduced through the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors by way of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain into See also:

• EUROPE

Europe from the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, used for marking the See also:

• RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, from bap, to flow)

rhythm in dancing . See also:

• CASTANETS (Fr. castagnettes, Ger. Kastagnetten, Span. castanuelas)

Castanets, always used in pairs, one in each See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, consist of two See also:

• PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear or See also:

• MUSSEL (0. Eng. muscle, Lat. musculus, diminutive of mus, mouse, applied to small sea fish and mussels)

mussel-shaped See also:

• BOWLS

bowls of hard See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, hinged together by a See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord, the See also:

• LOOP

loop being passed over the thumb and first See also:

• FINGER

finger . The two halves are then struck against each other by the other fingers in single, See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double or triple beats, giving out See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of hollow clicks of indefinite musical See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch . When intended for use in the See also:

• ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

orchestra the pair of castanets is mounted one at each end of a wooden stick about 8 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, which facilitates the playing . Castanets are also sometimes used in military bands and are then specially. constructed . The two halves are kept open by a slight See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring fixed to a See also:

• FRAME

frame attached to the hoop of a See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side See also:

• DRUM (early forms drome or dromme, a word common to many Teut. languages, cf. Dan. tromme, Ger. Trommel: the word is ultimately the same as " trumpet," and is probably onomatopoeic in origin; it appears late in Eng. about the middle of the 16th century)

drum, and the See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument is worked by the drummer with an See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary drum-stick . An instance of the use of castanets in See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera occurs in the Habanera in Carmen . A See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint description of castinatts is given in Harleian MS . 2034 (f . 208) at the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum (before 1688) with a See also:

• PENCIL (Lat. penicillus, brush, literally little tail)

pencil See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch which tallies very well with the above . The MS. is by Randle Holme and forms See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Armoury . Castanets (KpbraXa) were used by the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Greeks, and also by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans (See also:

• LAT

Lat. crotalum, crotala) to accompany the dances in the Dionysiac and Bacchanalian See also:

• RITES

rites .