Rattles

Japanese: rattle
Rattles

…Rattles also have the purpose of nurturing the sensory organs of infants. [Ryosuke Saito]
[Rattles as musical instruments]
In musical instrumentology, this name is used to refer to idiophones that are made by shaking them back and forth, but it was originally used as a translation of the German word "rassel" or the English word "rattle." Maracas, an instrument made by putting a few pebbles inside a dried gourd or maraca fruit, attaching a handle to it and shaking it, is widely used among the native peoples of the Americas, and is a typical example of a rattle.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "rattle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…がらがらは,乳児の感覚器官を育てるという意味ももつ。【斎藤 良輔】
[楽器としてのがらがら]
 小刻みに振り動かすことによって鳴らす体鳴楽器を楽器学ではこの名で総称するが,これは本来ドイツ語のラッセルRasselないし英語のラットルrattleの訳語として用いられたものである。乾燥した匏(ひさご)やマラカヤシの実の中に小石を数個入れ,これに柄をつけて振り鳴らす楽器(マラカス)はアメリカ大陸の先住民(インディアン)の間でひろく用いられているが,これはがらがらの代表的なものである。…

※「rattle」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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