0 two hollow pieces of ivory or hard wood struck together as a rhythm for (especially Spanish) dances -- catanhet
a pair of castanets.
The song makes use of keyboards, castanets, and an instrumental section.
The movement ends with the final statement of the first theme accompanied by a remarkable ticking passage for castanets, wood block, and snare drum.
For a machine castanet, a less satisfactory roll is obtained by rapid alternation of the two castanets with the fingers.
It is possible to produce a roll on a pair of castanets in any of the three ways in which they are held.
The castanets must be of the type without handles, e.g. those only connected together via a string.
Jota instruments include the castanets, guitar, bandurria, tambourines and sometimes the flute.
In practice a player usually uses two pairs of castanets.
A pair of wooden castanets with bells attached to them was the earliest form of the khartal.
