castanets
percussion instrument
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Summary
castanets is a type of musical instrument[1]. castanets draws 3,792 Wikipedia views per month (type of musical instrument category, ranking #65 of 399).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: family of musical instruments[3]
- Subclass of: musical instrument[4], concussion vessel[5]
- Part of: MIMO's classification of musical instruments[6], Guizzi's classification of musical instruments[7], Hornbostel–Sachs[8]
- Commons category: Castanets[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Castanets[10]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[11], Riemann's Music Dictionary[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1900[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19]
- Official name: Castanets[20], Castagnette[21]
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 111.141[22]
- Different from: Kastaniety[23]
- Exact match: http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/9[24]
Why It Matters
castanets has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] castanets is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]