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pandeiro
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thumb|3D model The pandeiro () is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil. The pandeiro is used in a number of Brazilian music forms, such as samba, choro, coco, capoeira, and bossa nova music.

Key facts

Instrument.image
Pandeiro.jpg
Instrument.background
percussion
Instrument.classification
Frame drum
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
211.311
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
Directly struck membranophone

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
idiophone
Country
Brazil
Image
Pandeiro2.JPG
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Commons category
Pandeiros
Hornbostel-Sachs classification
211.311+112.122
different from
pander
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Medieval instrument
  • Players
  • Non-traditional usage
  • References
  • External links

thumb|3D model The pandeiro () is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil. The pandeiro is used in a number of Brazilian music forms, such as samba, choro, coco, capoeira, and bossa nova music.

The drumhead is tunable, and the rim holds metal jingles (platinelas) which are cupped, creating a crisper, drier and less sustained tone on the pandeiro than on the tambourine. It is held in one hand, and struck on the head by the other hand to produce the sound. Typical pandeiro patterns are played by alternating the thumb, fingertips, heel, and palm of the hand. A pandeiro can also be shaken to make sound, or one can run a finger along the head to produce a drum roll.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pandeiro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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