Shekere
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shekere-166-383627
title:
Shekere
text:
The shekere is a percussion instrument consisting of a dried gourd with beads or cowries woven into a net covering the gourd. There are multiple ways to produce sounds with the instrument. It can be shaken or hit against the hand. The instrument can also rest in the palm of one hand while other hand holds the handle of the gourd. A twisting wrist motion is used so that the gourd moves while beads remain in place causing friction and sound different than when the instrument is simply shaken or st
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Percussion instrument from West Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekere
date created:
2004-12-21T01:55:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T16:22:22Z
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