Chocalho

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Chocalho" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Chocalho

A small chocalho
Percussion instrument
Classification	hand percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	112.112 (Stick rattles)
Related instruments
Shaker

Chocalho is the generic name for "shaker" in Portuguese. There are various types of idiophones using this name in Portuguese, not always being the same instrument:

• a shaker;
• a kind of jingle stick used to play samba music;
• a cowbell;

Chocalhos are typically used as a support to the sound of the caixas, to sustain the rhythm in the bateria. This instrument consists of an aluminum or wooden frame with a number of rows, each carrying pairs of jingles (platinelas^{[what language is this?]}). The chocalho is played by shaking it back and forth and pumping the arms up and down. Also known as Rocar.

This article about Brazilian music is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article relating to idiophones is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e