egg shakers
Handheld rhythm instruments
Egg shakers are small percussion instruments shaped like eggs, filled with beads or pellets that rattle when shaken.
They're common in music education for young children and appear in folk, Latin, and world music traditions.
The compact shape fits naturally in the hand: The toddlers grabbed egg shakers and kept time with the song.
- maracasHandheld gourd rattles
- percussionSound through impact
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- rattleShaking sound maker
- babyVery young child
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- kids musicsinging, songs, lullabies, nursery rhymes, alphabet songs
- rhythm toystambourine, maracas, toy drums, hand drum, hand drums
- music classroomrhythm sticks, hand bells, tambourine, triangle, maracas
sound production method
egg shakerstaiko drum
Large Japanese barrel percussion
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