{"id":180,"date":"2020-04-15T14:52:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T21:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/?p=180"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:52:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T21:52:22","slug":"brazilian-drums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/2020\/04\/15\/brazilian-drums\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Drums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brazilian Drums more in detail:<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Tambourim<\/b> \u2013 The smallest brazilian drum is the tambourim which is a small frame approximately six inches in diameter around with a plastic head. The Tambourim is held in left hand with thumb across the rim and remaining fingers curled inside to support the instrument. It is struck with a plastic stick, sometimes many small sticks bound together.\u00a0 To get the best tone, strike the Tambourim slightly off center. When struck, the Tamborim produces a very distinct and somewhat piercing sound.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pandeiro<\/b> \u2013 The pandeiro is a one-of-a kind of tambourim that has a single head with jingles around the rim that accentuate the strikes.\u00a0 It is made of wood and 5 sets of jingles. The player holds the pandeiro in his weaker hand and then plays it by striking with the thumb, fingertips and the whole hand. The pandeiro can produce such a range of low, medium and high timbres and variety of sounds that it is widely considered \u2018the complete percussion instrument\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Surdo<\/b> \u2013 The surdo is a large double-headed bass drum made with stainless steel or wood shell and is perhaps the most distinguishable of all of the other samba instruments, because of its deep loud sound providing the main fundamental beat of the samba rhythm. The Surdo suspended from the player\u2019s neck by a strap and is played with a soft-headed stick and a bare hand or with two sticks. The free hand is used to open and close the sound of the drum. To produce the most significant sound of Surdo drums, strike them in the center. Surdo are the largest drums used but there are of 3 different sizes small, medium and large (most commonly used) to create different pitch and rhythm in beats.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Repinique<\/b> \u2013 The tenor drums in bacteria are called Repinique. They help complement and expand the Surdo beats. It is also suspended from the neck with a strap.\u00a0 Played with one stick and a bare hand, or with two flexible plastic sticks, the repinique is a small, double-headed drum measuring approximately 12\u201d in diameter by 12\u201d deep that is tuned very high. The free hand is used for muffling or slapping strokes by striking the drums across the rim and head simultaneously. The shell is usually made of stainless steel or some other metals with plastic heads. The head is tensioned tight enough to produce that distinguishing sound of this instrument. It is always tuned so high that it produces a tone which cuts through the sound of all the other instruments of the bateria. It is usually the lead of bacteria, signaling breaks and starts and can also be used as solo instrument.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuica<\/b> \u2013 The cuica is a single-headed Brazilian friction drum. Sound is produced in cuica drums by rubbing a thin, short and carved wooden cane attached to the membrane on the inside of the instrument. It produces a very distinct sound and has an exceptional pitch range.\u00a0 A thin wooden stick is attached in the center of the drum head, reaching into the drum\u2019s interior. It is also suspended from the neck with a strap and is held under one arm at chest height. The body is made of metal and it is also very popular as a solo instrument.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caixa<\/b> \u2013 The caixa is a small snare drum or the side drum, but has a much dryer and lighter sharp tone when the head is struck with drum sticks. The caixa also suspended from the neck with a strap is played at waist level using two sticks or can also be kept on stand to be played by seated drummer. It is usually the central piece of a drum set and is used in Brazilian percussion music or samba to provide supporting rhythms which carry the music forward and make it swing.\u00a0 The caixa is made of two heads, both of plastic along with a clatter of metal wires on the bottom head which is called the snares.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Atabaque<\/b> \u2013 The atabaque is a tall, wooden hand congo drum. The head is made of animal skin and the shell is made of traditional jacaranda wood from Brazil. They are around 46\u201d tall when standing and the playable head surface is 10\u201d in diameter. A succession of ropes are tied or intertwined around the body, which connects a metal ring at the base of the drum to the head. The atabaque is used in marshal arts\/dance\/game of Capoeira, Maculel\u00ea and the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomble.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brazilian Drums more in detail: The Tambourim \u2013 The smallest brazilian drum is the tambourim which is a small frame approximately six inches in diameter around with a plastic head. The Tambourim is held in left hand with thumb across the rim and remaining fingers curled inside to support the instrument. It is struck with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9797,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}