Treshchotka

A treshchotka (Russian: трещо́тка, IPA: [trʲɪˈɕːɵtkə] or treskotukha (трескотуха) is a Russian folk music idiophone percussion instrument which produces a clicking/cracking sound. It consists of a set of small boards somewhat loosely threaded by one end on a string or a pair of strings, with the ends sticking out, used to hold and rattle the instrument.[1][2] The word itself generically denotes any device that makes a cracking sound (from the noun "треск", tresk).[3]

In northwestern Russia the term treshchotka denotes a ratchet noisemaker, where a gearwheel on a handle rattles wooden planks in a rotating frame.[2]

References

  1. ^ Трещётки (Russian)
  2. ^ a b ТРЕЩОТКА Музыкальная энциклопедия (Russian)
  3. ^ ТРЕЩОТКА, Dictionary of the Russian Language (Russian)


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