Arattle is a type ofpercussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken. Rattles are described in theHornbostel–Sachs system asShaken Idiophones or Rattles (112.1).[1]
SHAKEN IDIOPHONES arerattles (not to be confused with clappers). The material is important, but more important is the arrangement of the sounding parts that strike together when the implement is shaken.
Rattles include:
Though there are many different sorts of rattles, somemusic scores indicate simply a rattle (or the corresponding terms Frenchclaquette,hochet; Ger.Rassel,Schnarre; It.nacchere).[3]
InAncient Egypt, rattles were used during funerary rituals to signify regeneration in the after-life. Rattles were viewed as sacred and became the forerunners of thesistrum. The earliest Egyptian rattles were ovular and made of pottery. During the Predynastic and Old Kingdom periods rattles gained handles and different shapes and were made out of different materials such as basket, wood, and stone.[4]
Native American people often use rattles in ceremonial dances. Oftentimes, these rattles are meant to represent something. Each figure or depiction can relate to something sacred to their tribe.[5] Often, the sound of rattles forms a connection to the supernatural world when the rattles are employed byshamans. The use of the raven rattle, like the one pictured to the right, always implies power, which when used in dances, symbolize the status of the chief, who has a hereditary right to use the rattle.[6]
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