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Definition of Finger cymbals

1. Noun. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Finger Cymbals

Literary usage of Finger cymbals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments by Frederick Stearns, Albert Augustus Stanley (1921)
"finger cymbals. Similar to No. 149 Egypt 151. Po, or SEAU-PO. Brass cymbal used with No. 141 China 152-153-154-155. (Right side of Case. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"Finger-cymbals. Very small cymbals, held in pairs on the thumb and forefinger of both hands.. .Finger-hole (Ger. Ton'loch), in the flute, clarinet, etc., ..."

3. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"A pair of concave plates of brass or bronze, varying in size from finger-cymbals something over an inch in diameter to the large orchestral cymbals, ..."

4. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"finger cymbals. Small cymbals worn on the fingers and played like castanets. Fingering- is usually indicated in modern NOTATION for organ and piano by the ..."

5. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"... in securing the proper lengths for producing the various tones of the scale, finger-cymbals Castanets. finger-developer An apparatus for strengthening ..."

6. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"finger cymbals. Small cymbals worn on the fingers and played like castanets. Fingering is usually indicated in modern NOTATION for organ and piano by the ..."

7. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"In a stringed instr. the neck on which the strings are stopped. finger-cymbals. Tiny cymbals fixed on the ..."

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