Castañuelas

HOW TO PLAY CASTANETS

Castanets muts be placed on the thumb of each hand. Strings must be perfectly adjusted as to allow more pressure when the string inside the knot is pulled away.

RIHGT HAND

Castanet in this hand must be played whith these fingers: litte, annular, middle, finger and index finger.  In this hand must be place the pharpest sound castanet.

You must start shorely, pressing the castanet with the littel finger, followd by anullar finger, middle and index finge. This  exercise must ve repeated till you can do it rapidly.

LEFT HAND

Once you have polace the castane, pressure with the middle finger, annular, little finger at the same time.

THE RITHM

Will coording as follows first with the right hand the last sound being cut through with the left castanet and with only one note. Repeating movements right-left rapidly