Choosing the Right Castanet Size

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Summary: Castanets come in different sizes to fit different sized hands. Larger castanets have a deeper sound, and smaller castanets have a chirpy sound. Learn more in this free online music lesson video.

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Choosing the Right Castanet Size

Hi! Thank you for visiting expertvillage.com. My name is Yvette Parrish. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and you can do this practicing at home and what happens is this 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 turns into a role… and this is the good way to practice so at first it will be awkward, get the castanets that is right for your hand size. If you have small hands a size 4 or size 5 would be good I believe this is a size 4. They have them all the way to size 8, size 9 for a large male hand. If we get castanets they are going to be too large for you, you are not going to be able to hold them. You are going to wonder why your fingers are doing it, you are going to think it is you, it is not you but simply not the right size. So I would say depending on your hand size if you have very large hands then get a larger castanets. If you have small hands get a smaller size. A size 3 is usually for children. So size 4, size 5 is for a small adult hand and these are 4. I am very comfortable with them. I like a smaller one, but also when they are smaller it is a little bit more of a high pitch chirpy sound. The larger the size a little bit more deep base of a sound. So they really have a different sound and when you have a group of flamenco dancers all using the castanets is called a symphony and we have the higher chirpy sounds and then we have the deep deep sounds. So it is a beautiful as a group. If you can get 2 or 3 other flamenco dancers and all of you practice together it is beautiful as a group.