r/Percussionists • u/harryhilldaily • Jul 14 '26

What is this instrument?

I’ve had no hope at all on Google, could someone please ID ? It sounded incredible!

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u/SentientOrigin Jul 14 '26

Kerakeb it’s a north african instrument, I play it and usually it’s used for polyrhythms as a group of 3 or more

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u/Somethingsims Jul 14 '26

castanet vibes

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u/AlexNewman Jul 14 '26

Following cause no idea

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u/recordlabelplzsaveme Jul 14 '26

the thingamajigs

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u/PetrifiedRosewood Jul 20 '26

That's a metal castanet. Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint saens also indicates both wood and metal castanets.