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Idiophones > Metal sheets > Metal sheet played by shaking

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153Metal sheet played by shaking   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • The substance of the instrument itself, owing to its solidity and elasticity, vibrates and radiates sound. The instrument is made to vibrate by being shaken. The vibrating material consists of a flexible sheet of metal. Theatrical thunder sheet played without a hammer. (en)

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Notation

  • 153

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/6207

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