Castanets
Hollowed pieces of flat wood, clicked together. The orchestral instrument generally has handles. Beaters: Hand.
Of course, castanets are associated with Spanish flamenco music.
Castanets:
Flamenco 'flam' stroke:
Pattern
Guiro
Latin American instrument, made from a hollowed gourd with a serrated
shell, which is scraped longitudinally.
Beaters: Scraper.
Guiro:
Even pattern
Uneven pattern
Two
stroke
Three stroke
Up and down
Vibraslap
This mimics the sound of a rattled jawbone, or quijada. It comprises
a a small box attached to a U-shaped metal handle, with a wooden ball
at the other end. The player strikes the two together, and the resulting
vibration shakes small free-moving rivets in the box.
Beater:
Hands.
A long sustained rattle to the sound, which can nevertheless
be damped.
Vibraslap:
Undamped
Damped
Woodblock
A hollowed out piece of wood (or plastic). Woodblocks come in varying sizes.
Beater: Most beaters work on woodblock, including butt end of snaresticks and even triangle beaters (if played quietly).
Woodblock:
Pattern
