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Definition of Crotalum

Crotalum
Crotalum Crot"a*lum (-l?m), n. [L., fr. Gr. ???? rattle.] (Mus.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.

Meaning of Crotalum from wikipedia

- In classical antiquity, a crotalum (κρόταλον krotalon) was a kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in ancient Greece and elsewhere...
- ancient Greece and ancient Rome there was a similar instrument called the crotalum. The instrument consists of a pair of concave s**** joined on one edge...
- Circotettix crotalum, the rattling gr****hopper, is a species of band-winged gr****hopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. "Circotettix...
- into the following categories: Aulos Barbiton Chelys Cithara (or Kithara) Crotalum Epigonion Harp Kanonaki Lyre Pan flute (Syrinx) Pandura Phorminx Rhoptron...
- classification Percussion Hornbostel–Sachs classification 111.142 (Concussion or percussion vessels) Related instruments Castanets Crotalum crotales Sound sample...
- A crotalus (Spanish: matraca), also known as a crotalum or clapper, is a wooden liturgical rattle or clapper that replaces altar bells during the celebration...
- in World War II Raspel In some European churches, a ratchet known as a crotalum is used instead of bells during the Paschal Triduum, the three days before...
- circular, shallow, and beaten with the palm of the hand or a stick. Crotalum The crotalum was a kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups...
- String Pandura Wind Aulos Pan flute Salpinx Percussion Cochilia Crotalum Water organ Sistrum...
- Triduum, a wooden clapper known as a crotalus (crotalus/matraca; Latin: Crotalum, Crepitaculum) is sometimes used to make important sounds in place of the...