Furthermore, during some occasions of banquet, shaku was used as impromptu, percussion instruments called shakuhyoshi by the player who held his shaku on the left hand and another person's shaku on the right hand and beating the left shaku with the right shaku to the music; in later years, however, a thicker shaku made especially for the purpose of beating came to be made.
また、饗宴の際に音楽に合わせて左に自己の笏、右に他者の笏を持って右の笏で左の笏を打ち付ける笏拍子（しゃくひょうし）という即席の打楽器として使われることがあったが、後世にはより分厚く作られた拍子専用の笏が作られることもあった。