Percussion stick

Percussion stick (Fr.: baton frappé; Ger.: Schlagstab), percussion sticks occur as individual sticks or in sets. As individual sticks, they are struck against a hard object or by another stick, used as rhythm instrs. in China, Ghana, and the S. Seas. Several percussion sticks may be united to form a single instr., such as a xylophone. See also: amagala, ana-batching, bulo lae-lae, bulo paseya-seya, bul tyang' apena, cai siñ, ganggereng, garabato, hula kalaau, ikú-achán, kagura sutsu, kalutang…