Berimbau
Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2007
The Berimbau is a great instrument from Brazil. It has a raspy, earthy sound and can produce some great rhythms which oscilate between a buzz sound and two pitched sounds - the open string sound and the 'stopped sound'.
Here's a couple of guys busking with their Berimbau's. I particular like the way the end is not the definitive bang you might expect, but a kind of shuffle-to-fade.
More about the Berimbau on Wikipedia
Update: I have written a piano piece inspired by the berimbau which you can read about here
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