TRICCABALLACCA: Italian musical instrument
http://worldhitz4u.blogspot.com/2014/02/triccaballacca-italian-musical.html
The triccaballacca is a percussion musical instrument that is
used in Neapolitan folk music and widely speaking, in folk music all through
much of southern Italy. Technically, the musical instrument is a clapper and it
is made up of three percussive mallets mounted on a base, the outer two of
which are connected at the base and are moved in to strike the central piece
that is attached; a rhythmic sound is manufactured by the clicking wood on wood
and the gradual sound of the small metal disks, known as jingles, mounted on the
musical instrument. The musical instrument comes in various sizes, the most
common of which is about a foot and a half high, small enough to be cradled
easily in the arms.
source of picture: keithmusic.com
