Shak-shak

For other uses, see Chak Chak (disambiguation).
Shak-shak
Percussion instrument
Classification Percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification112.1
(Shaken idiophones or rattles)
InventorLesser Antilles

The shak-shak (or chak-chak) is a hand-held shaken percussive idiophone. They are played in Barbados, Grenada, Montserrat, and elsewhere in the Caribbean and Latin American musical traditions. The term shak-shak is believed to be onomatopoeic in origin, derived from the characteristic sound the instrument produces when shaken.

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