Rainsticks
These beautiful instruments were originally
made from cactus stems, although now bamboo and plastic are used as well.
When inverted they make a delicate ‘rain-like’
sound as hundreds of tiny pebbles inside the tube fall down, bouncing off
internal spines or nails.
They are great for encouraging movement and
particularly useful for activities such as rowing where their physical and
sonic properties both reinforce the nature of the action.
They tend to come highly decorated, for
example with aboriginal designs, but the less decorations they have the more
situations you can use them in.
