Clapstick

For other uses, see Clapstick (disambiguation).

Two pairs of Australian Aboriginal clapsticks

Didgeridoo and Clapstick players performing at Nightcliff, Northern Territory

Clapsticks or clappers are a type of drumstick, percussion mallet or claves that serve to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants. Unlike drumsticks, which are generally used to strike a drum, clapsticks are intended for striking one stick on another.

As an ancestral instrument that may traditionally accompany the didgeridoo, it is sometimes referred to as musicstick or just Stick. In the language of the Yolngu Aborigines of Northeast Arnhem Land, in Australia these clapsticks are called bimli.

Boomerang clapsticks

Boomerang clapsticks are similar to regular clapsticks but they can be shaken for a rattling sound and be clapped together.

Technique

The usual technique employed when using clapsticks is to clap the sticks together to create a rhythm that goes along with the song.

Concussion idiophones

Castanets Ching Clapstick Clash cymbals Claves Clapper Guban Paiban Spoon

Indigenous Australian music

Instruments	Bullroarer Clapstick Didgeridoo Lagerphone

Other	Aboriginal rock Songline Wangga

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.