How to Wear Castanets in Flamenco Dancing

Video Transcript

"Hi! Thank you for visiting expertvillage.com, my name is Yvette Parrish. So since this one has an R I’m going to put this one on my right hand, the knot is always towards you the knot. So this is the knot and I’m putting the knot towards me it goes on the thumb and I’m putting the other side, the little curve on the same thumb so it kinds of hangs like this and I’ll turn it this way. The knuckle of the thumb is in between and the smooth loop of the castanet goes by your nail and then the knot goes towards you and that’s how you place them. You can tighten them, I always go kind of extra tight and then I loosen them up to the way that I like them. If they’re too loose you’re not going to get a good sound, they’re going to fall out, they’re not going to be comfortable so start with them tighter and loosen them up a little bit as you’re playing them. Same thing with the left hand, it’s got a little L on this one, the knot is towards you, the little curve is towards your fingernail, you’re putting it on your thumb so you have that knuckle in between. So you don’t want to put your knot both of them like this, this is a no this is a line through it do not do this and you don’t want to put your knot too high up by your nail it’s got to go in between where your knuckle is breaking in between. Same thing I go a little bit tighter, I loosen them up. "