rattle

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rattle

Summary

rattle is a family of musical instruments[1]. rattle draws 219 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 indirectly struck idiophone[6].
  • rattle is part of MIMO's classification of musical instruments[7].
  • rattle is part of Hornbostel–Sachs[8].
  • rattle's Commons category is recorded as Rattles[9].
  • rattle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shaken idiophones or rattles[10].
  • rattle's described at URL is recorded as http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/39[11].
  • rattle's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shaken idiophones or rattles'}[12].
  • rattle's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Idiofoni a scuotimento o crepitacoli'}[13].
  • rattle's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 112.1[14].

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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] and indirectly struck idiophone[6].

Use and Application

Part of include MIMO's classification of musical instruments[7], a musical instrument classification[15] and Hornbostel–Sachs[8], a musical instrument classification[16].

Why It Matters

rattle draws 219 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.[17] rattle is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . 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. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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