rattle

a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken
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rattle

Summary

rattle is a family of musical instruments[1]. rattle draws 390 Wikipedia views per month (family_of_musical_instruments category, ranking #32 of 55).[2]

Key Facts

  • rattle is in the country of Poland[3].
  • rattle's instance of is recorded as family of musical instruments[4].
  • rattle is a type of noisemaker[5].
  • rattle is a type of musical instrument[6].
  • rattle is a type of indirectly struck idiophone[7].
  • rattle is part of MIMO's classification of musical instruments[8].
  • rattle is part of Hornbostel–Sachs[9].
  • rattle's Commons category is recorded as Rattles[10].
  • rattle's topic's main category is recorded as Q6260342[11].
  • rattle's described at URL is recorded as http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/39[12].
  • rattle's official name is recorded as Shaken idiophones or rattles[13].
  • rattle's official name is recorded as Idiofoni a scuotimento o crepitacoli[14].
  • rattle's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 112.1[15].

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Definition and Type

rattle's instance of is recorded as family of musical instruments[4]. Recorded subclass of include noisemaker[5], musical instrument[6], and indirectly struck idiophone[7].

Use and Application

Part of include MIMO's classification of musical instruments[8], a musical instrument classification[16] and Hornbostel–Sachs[9], a musical instrument classification[17].

Why It Matters

rattle draws 390 Wikipedia views per month (family_of_musical_instruments category, ranking #32 of 55).[2] rattle has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] rattle is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → rattle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: rattle, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953620|rattle (#289953620)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken
    Topic's main category → Q6260342
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q6260342]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q8734783]] → [[Q6260342]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q8734783_Q6260342"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Part of → MIMO's classification of musical instruments, Hornbostel–Sachs
    Country → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563244305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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