Castanets are a Spanish percussion instrument. Castanets are clicked together in rhythm with music and dance.
Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.
Noun
a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
n. pl.
Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood,
shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the
middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment
to their dance and guitars.
Castanets
The dancer, holding a castanet in each hand, rattles then to the motion of his feet.
Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.
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