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Encyclopedia > Caxixi
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Hand percussion, shaker, basketweave and gourd. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 540 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1119 × 1242 pixel, file size: 1. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Hand percussion is a term used to indicate a percussion instrument of any type from any culture that is held in the hand. ... The Shakers are an offshoot of the Religious Society of Friends (or Quakers) that originated in Manchester, England in the early 18th century. ...

Playing range
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Shekere, Shaker, The playing range of a musical instrument is the region of pitch in which it can play, i. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The shekere is a unique percussion instrument from Africa. ... The Shakers are an offshoot of the Religious Society of Friends (or Quakers) that originated in Manchester, England in the early 18th century. ...

A caxixi is a percussion instrument consisting of a closed basket with a flat-bottom filled with seeds or other small particles. The caxixi is an indirectly struck idiophone. It is found across Africa and South America A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being struck with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. ... A musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Four styles of household basket. ... This writeup is about biological seeds; for other meanings see Seed (disambiguation). ... An idiophone is any musical instrument which creates sound primarily by way of the instrument vibrating itself, without the use of strings or membranes. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...


It comes from Brazil


In Capoeira music, the caxixi is played along with the berimbau. In West Africa it is used by singers and often alongside drummers. Capoeira (IPA: ) is a Brazilian martial art created by enslaved Africans during the 16th Century. ... Three Berimbaus The berimbau is a single-string percussion instrument, a musical bow, from Brazil. ...

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small percussion (141 words)
The Caxixi or Ganza is a rattle woven from bast and filled with pebbles and seeds.
In the base of the Caxixi is a gourd disc which helps provide a sharper sound.
It is used in a similar way to the castagnettes and has a bright, crisp ring.
Caxixi Page (220 words)
Caxixi are waved basket, of various shape and size, with handels on top and filled with stuff like seashell, beans, beads or pebbles.
In origin caxixi was played along with the berimbau only (in Capoeira music) but today they are used by themselves in many styles.
Caxixi sound by shaking and you can play one or more in each hand at the same time.
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