6 Responses to Instrumentos e levadas básicas – DVD Ritmos e Batucadas (2015)

1. Stella, oh, Stella says:

   March 6, 2018 at 9:01 am

   I wonder if those metal drums developed from the same kind of metal cans as in the Caribbean. These percussion instruments are really creative.

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   • agogo22 says:

     March 6, 2018 at 4:53 pm

     Maybe inspired by Trinidadians? This site tells me the surdo was invented by Alcebíades Barcelos (Bide) from Estácio de Sá (also currently one of the Premier League Samba Schools), in Rio de Janeiro in 1928 for the parade of the first samba school “Deixa Falar {“Let Them Speak”} the original name for Estácio, and consisted of a wooden barrel with the top and bottom replaced with hide. They only replaced the wood with aluminium in later models because it was considerably lighter!

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     • agogo22 says:

       March 6, 2018 at 10:24 pm

       Sorry the site address didn’t appear http://www.todosinstrumentosmusicais.com.br/preco-do-instrumento-surdo.html

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     • Stella, oh, Stella says:

       March 7, 2018 at 1:52 am

       O.K., thanks a lot! It must have changed the sound quite a bit – from wood to aluminium.

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     • agogo22 says:

       March 7, 2018 at 10:52 am

       Not that much really (we have both types) until your knee dents the aluminium shell and it has to be panel beaten back into shape. It ‘s always a bit rattly after that, whereas the wooden shell can be restored to complete functionality by a skilled carpenter (as we have found out many times). But metal shells seem louder…

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     • Stella, oh, Stella says:

       March 7, 2018 at 11:04 am

       Thanks for explaining!

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