Chocalho

{{Short description|Generic name for "shaker" in Portuguese}} {{refimprove|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox Instrument | name = Chocalho | image = File:Chocalho small.jpg | image_capt = A small chocalho | background = percussion | classification = hand percussion | hornbostel_sachs = 112.112 | hornbostel_sachs_desc = Stick rattles | related = Shaker }}

thumb|300px|Musicians playing chocalho in a Samba school parade. '''''Chocalho''''' is the generic name for "shaker" in Portuguese. There are various types of idiophones using this name in Portuguese, not always being the same instrument:<ref>{{Cite web |last=S.A |first=Priberam Informática |title=chocalho |url=https://dicionario.priberam.org/chocalho |access-date=2026-02-04 |website=Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa |language=pt-br}}</ref> *a shaker; *a kind of jingle stick used to play samba music; *a cowbell;

Chocalhos are typically used as a support to the sound of the caixas, to sustain the rhythm in the bateria. This instrument consists of an aluminum or wooden frame with a number of rows, each carrying pairs of jingles (platinelas{{which lang|date=April 2020}}). The chocalho is played by shaking it back and forth and pumping the arms up and down.

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Category:Idiophones Category:Brazilian musical instruments