Maracas sound like rice hitting a hollow wooden sphere, I guess. It makes a "Chi" sound if shaken all fiercely, sort of staccato. If you turn it in your hands slowly, it sounds similar to rain.
shhkashhkashhkashhka
it has dry beans inside or other material and makes a sound when you shake it
There are objects (such as beads or dried beans) in the bulb of the maraca. When you shake the maraca, the beads/beans knock against the wood, which is what causes the sound.
SOFT
Loud
They have dry beans or other materials inside them.
Maracas are a percussion instrument, because they don't contain strings and you don't blow air to make a sound.
The maracas are a percussion instrument originating from Latin America. More specifically, they are idiophones because sound is primarily created by the vibration of the whole instrument.
Because they make Latin music sound more amazing.
Both are Latin American percussion instruments. Quiros are played by striking or sliding a stick across he top of it, producing a sort of "scratching" sound. Maracas are played by shaking, producing a "rattle" sound.
Maracas are musical instruments essential to Latin and South American orchestras and bands. Mareacas were first created and used by native Indians in Puerto Rico. Maracas in Puerto Rico were made from the fruit of the Higuera tree.
Folk Latino music, Jazz, Rock, Alternative and many others. Maracas is not restricted to only one music genre.
You Shake it like a salt shaker.
maracas
Maracas are a percussion instrument.