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Pandeiro
Hand frame drum used in capoeira and other Brazilian music forms. Pandeiros generally have a wooden rim with metal disks like a tambourine and a natural skin head.
Brazilian Hand Drums
Hand drums are found across cultures in myriad genres of folkloric music from around the world. These Brazilian hand drums are called pandeiros
Grupo Senzala
Members of Capoeira Senzala sing and play instruments of the Brazilian art of capoeira.
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Playing the Barriles
Playing the barriles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Cuá
The cuá is an instrument that accompanies the barriles de bomba. The cuá is actually the sticks used to play on either a barrel or chunk of bamboo and helps keep the basic rhythm of the bomba strains.
Batería - Maculélé
In Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, all students learn, study and play the musical instruments featured in the variety of forms taught and practiced in classes and training.
Maculélé - Drum
Youth student of Professora Amazonas playing the drum patterns for students practicing the maculélé movements.
Maculélé - Agogô
Youth student of Professora Amazonas playing the agogô for students practicing maculélé.
Berimbau
In Professora Amazonas classes, all students, including the children, study and learn the instruments of capoeira, from the drums to the berimbau, and play during the roda.
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira Adult Class with Professora Amazonas
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira working on the music and rhythms of samba.
Playing Samba
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira studying and practicing the music, songs, and rhythms of samba.
Cavalo
Cavalo, a member of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, plays pandeiro in the batería at Professora Amazonas’ class.
Drums
Professora Amazonas plays and teaches drum patterns and songs in her adult capoeira class. Here, she is playing a conga drum which is often used to train, teach and demonstrate, but the traditional drum used in the roda is the atabaque, which is…
Music of Capoeria
The heartbeat of the music of capoeira revolves around the drums and the berimbau.
Drummer
Professora Amazonas drums in her capoeira class.
Pandeiro
A pandeiro is a hand-held frame drum used in the music of capoeira and other Brazilian musical genres such as samba, coco, chore and more.
Batería - Pandeiro
Pandeiro is one of the instruments used in the batería of capoeira. Like the other instruments used in the batería, the pandeiro is also of African origin.
Batería - Berimbau
The berimbau is an African instrument that leads the batería in capoeira. It is considered a percussion instrument and consists of a wooden bow called verga (made from the wood of the beriba tree), a single metal string called arame, a hollow gourd…
Stone Dobrão
The dobrão is a thick stone or coin used to play the berimbau. It is used to change the tension on the arame or string, in order to change the pitch and quality of the sound being played. The dobrão can also be called pedra (stone) or moeda (coin).
Capoeira Class - Batería
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practicing the rhythms of capoeira on the agogô, pandeiro, and conga.
Batería - Agogô
The agogô is a set of bells used in the batería of capoeira and throughout the African diaspora.
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira Music Class
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira learning and studying the songs, rhythms, and music that are played in the batería in the capoeira roda.
Professora Amazonas - Berimbau
Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira instructing members of her adult class on the patterns played in the roda on the berimbau and how it affects the rules of engagement.
Songs in the Roda
Professora Amazonas foretelling the closing of the roda through song.
Cuá
Drummer playing the cuá on the side of a barril de bomba.