cabasa
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The cabasa, similar to the shekere, is a percussion instrument that is constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder. The cylinder is fixed to a long, wooden or plastic handle.
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- Instrument.name
- Cabasa
- Instrument.image
- Cabasa.jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- A metal afuche-cabasa
- Instrument.background
- percussion
- Instrument.classification
- Percussion
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 112.1
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Shaken idiophones or rattlesThe player executes a shaking motion
- Instrument.inventors
- Martin Cohen
- Instrument.developed
- Modern version 1960s, based on a traditional instrument of the same name
- Instrument.builders
- Latin Percussion, Meinl Percussion, many others
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- Cabasa.jpg
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- Cabasa
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 112.13
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The cabasa, similar to the shekere, is a percussion instrument that is constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder. The cylinder is fixed to a long, wooden or plastic handle.
The metal cabasa was created by Martin Cohen, founder of Latin Percussion. This company has built a more durable cabasa that they call an afuche-cabasa (pictured). It provides a metallic, rattling sound when shaken or twisted, similar to the sound of a rattlesnake. It is often used in Latin jazz, especially in bossa nova pieces. Precise rhythmic effects can be gained by the advanced player. The player places his non-dominant hand on the metal chain, to provide pressure, while holding the wooden handle with the other hand and twisting the instrument back and forth depending on the rhythmic pattern desired. In addition to Latin music, many band and orchestra pieces call for the cabasa.