Clapper (musical instrument)

Pair of clappers

A clapper is a basic form of percussion instrument. It is made of two long solid pieces that are clapped together to make sound.

Clappers exist in many forms in many different cultures around the world. They can be made of a wide variety of material. Wood is most common, but metal and ivory have also been used.

Clapper (musical Instrument) Media

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  A slap stick manufactured by Ludwig

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  Slapstick (percussion instrument). (original:The slapstick being used in a marching band front percussion ensemble)

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  13th century Spain. Clappers raised overhead in a miniature in the Cancioneiro da Ajuda, folio 59

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  Circa 1250 A.D. Crusader Bible (MS M.638, fol. 39r) cropped for cliquettes. Also a bell and a clarinet.

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  1280 A.D. Cliquettes or clappers (in the woman's hands) from the Musician's Codex, Cantigas de Santa Maria.

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  Clapper with the shape of a human hand. Probably elephant ivory. From Gurob, Fayum, Egypt. 18th Dynasty. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London