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Clapsticks, also speltclap sticks and also known asbilma,bimli,clappers,musicstick or juststick, are a traditionalAustralian Aboriginal instrument. They serve to maintain rhythm in voice chants, often as part of anAboriginal ceremony.[1]
They are a type ofdrumstick,percussion mallet orclaves that belongs to theidiophone category.Unlikedrumsticks, which are generally used to strike adrum, clapsticks are intended for striking one stick on another.
In northern Australia, clapsticks would traditionally accompany thedidgeridoo, and are calledbimli orbilma by theYolngu people of north-eastArnhem Land in theNorthern Territory of Australia.
Boomerang clapsticks are similar to regular clapsticks but they can be shaken for a rattling sound or be clapped together.
The usual technique employed when using clapsticks is to clap the sticks together to create a rhythm that goes along with the song.
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