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maraca
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A maraca ( , , ), sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music. It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair. A maraca player in the Spanish language is called a .
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Within Vinony's link graph, maraca is referenced by 940 other articles, and connects out to electronic drum, Spanish and Morocco.
It is catalogued under topics including Central American and Caribbean percussion instruments, Concert band instruments and Hand percussion.
Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Maraca
- Instrument.image
- Maracas.jpg
- Instrument.background
- percussion
- Instrument.classification
- Percussion
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 112.1
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Shaken idiophones or rattles
- Instrument.related
- Shekere
- Instrument.musicians
- Machito, Monguito
- Instrument.builders
- LP Percussion
- Instrument.sound sample
- File:Maracas.ogg
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Mar-3-flaschenkürbis-gourd-maraca-shaker-rassel-rattle-natural-percussion - Maultrommel, Jew's Harp.jpg
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- wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03720891-n
- Commons category
- Maracas
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 112.13
- Unicode character
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