Clapsticks, also spelt clap sticks and also known as bilma, bimli, clappers, musicstick or just stick, are a traditional Australian Aboriginal instrument. They serve to maintain rhythm in voice chants, often as part of an Aboriginal ceremony.
A survey of traditional south-eastern Australian Indigenous music by Barry McDonald (book chapter)
Moyle, Alice M. (1978). Aboriginal Sound Instruments(PDF). Aboriginal SoundInstrumentsAlice M MoyleCompanion Booklet for a CompaCt DisCAustralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. ISBN9781922059468.
"Clapsticks". University of Melbourne. 21 June 2017.
"1788 - Meet Waruwi: Clapping sticks". My Place. Australian Broadcasting Corporation/. 24 December 1999.
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clapstick, other, uses, disambiguation, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 202. For other uses see Clapstick disambiguation This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Clapstick news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Clapsticks also spelt clap sticks and also known as bilma bimli clappers musicstick or just stick are a traditional Australian Aboriginal instrument They serve to maintain rhythm in voice chants often as part of an Aboriginal ceremony Two pairs of Australian Aboriginal clapsticksDidgeridoo and clapstick players performing at Nightcliff Northern TerritoryThey are a type of drumstick percussion mallet or claves that belongs to the idiophone category Unlike drumsticks which are generally used to strike a drum clapsticks are intended for striking one stick on another Contents 1 Origin and nomenclature 2 Boomerang clapsticks 3 Technique 4 See also 5 External linksOrigin and nomenclature EditIn northern Australia clapsticks would traditionally accompany the didgeridoo and are called bimli or bilma by the Yolngu people of north east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia Boomerang clapsticks EditBoomerang clapsticks are similar to regular clapsticks but they can be shaken for a rattling sound or be clapped together Technique EditThe usual technique employed when using clapsticks is to clap the sticks together to create a rhythm that goes along with the song See also EditClapper musical instrument Clapper stickExternal links EditA survey of traditional south eastern Australian Indigenous music by Barry McDonald book chapter Moyle Alice M 1978 Aboriginal Sound Instruments PDF Aboriginal SoundInstrumentsAlice M MoyleCompanion Booklet for a CompaCt DisCAustralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies ISBN 9781922059468 Clapsticks University of Melbourne 21 June 2017 1788 Meet Waruwi Clapping sticks My Place Australian Broadcasting Corporation 24 December 1999 This article relating to idiophones is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clapstick amp oldid 1137155466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
