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Old 31st October 2009   #7
saciestudio
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Rio de Janeiro
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Positively not gonna have leather sound off plastic heads. The samba school pandeiro sound has mostly "jingle" (the brazilian name is "platinela"). The leather is used more as a emulated drumkit where you get the platinelas as hihats and the fingertips as kick and snare.

Guess pandeiro is originally Arab/African. It figures in the Bible!

From wikipedia.pt translated in babelfish

History of the pandeiro Since the neolithic period that the instrument sufficiently is known and popular in Asia, Africa and Europe, having however the possibility of already existing in the paleolithic period. In all the great civilizations of the past, of Increasing the Fertile one to the Egipto, passing for Greece and Rome, the pandeiro especially appears represented with vulgarity in return of the Mediterranean. Its use remained until a actualidade in the majority of the regions of the world arriving to reach orchestras, in the execution of the Precious opera, of Weber. In Portugal it is known as pandeiro, pandeireta (smallest) or adufe. In Brazil, when I cry it appeared it, in the end of the passed century, the pandeiro lode to give the final touch to the marcante and brejeiro rhythm, initially executed to the piano and instruments of rope and blow. Of beginning, the pandeiros were manufactured of simple form, without select technician. Today, some manufacturers if perform with care its confection, using membrane of goat skin to obtain themselves, in the pandeiro, the serious sounds of the deaf person and platinelas of noble metals to reach a shining and necessary sound. The used pandeiros more have diameter of 10 counts, however they also exist with diameter of 10.5, 11 and 12 counts. As the size of the hoop, the number of platinelas varies of 5 the 10 pairs. Pandeiristas exists for all the rincões of Brazil, either acting in sets of cries and of samba, in orchestras, and until that simply they load its pandeiro where wants that they go, touching in musical meetings. In the history of the MPB, the illustrious pandeiristas have been many. In the Brazilian Carnival the instrument is very used. The pandeirista many times plays the instrument while a sambista dance in its front. Also revolving acrobatics with the pandeiro are seen.
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