{"id":813,"date":"2016-11-03T13:11:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T10:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulista.kiev.ua\/anathomy-berinbau\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-01-29T16:52:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T13:52:51","slug":"anathomy-berinbau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/en\/anathomy-berinbau\/","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of berimbau"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Anatomy of berimbau<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><strong>Berimbau<\/strong> is a unique musical instrument which is an essential piece in capoeira roda. As Brazilian masters said: \u201cBerimbau \u00e9 dono da roda de capoeira\u201d (Berimbau is a host of roda).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span id=\"more-701\"><\/span>There are three types of berimbaus:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Gunga<\/strong><\/em>\u2013 is the largest and lowest-pitched berimbau, the main berimbau during the roda. Gunga leads the rhythm so the other instruments follow it. There is no improvisation for gunga.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Media<\/strong><\/em>\u2013 a medium-sized berimbau. The pitch of its sound is in the middle of gunga\u2019s and viola\u2019s. Typically, the basic rhythm that sets by Gunga is played with the media, capoeira players play short improvisations with the media.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Viola<\/strong><\/em>\u2013 is the higest-pithed berimbau. Improvisations are mostly played with the viola.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The berimbau has the following elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Verga &#8211; Pau (verga)<\/em> \u2013 this wooden stick is called to be the backbone of the Berimbau.<\/li>\n<li><em>A\u00e7o, Corda<\/em> or <em>Arame <\/em> \u2013 usually the same as the metal string used in the automobile tires.<\/li>\n<li><em>Couro<\/em> \u2013 is a  small piece of leather fixed to the top of the verga so the string goes through it and doesn\u2019t damage the wood.<\/li>\n<li><em>Carda\u00e7o<\/em> \u2013 is a short rope that is tied on the end of the arame and fixes it on the verga.<\/li>\n<li><em>Caba\u00e7a<\/em> \u2013 is  a hollowed-out and dried gourd, used to amplify and resonate the sound.<\/li>\n<li><em>Dobrao, moeda<\/em> or <em>pedra, castelo <\/em> \u2013 is used to diversify the sound of the Berimbau, pressed against the arame to change the tone of the berimbau. An alternative of the coin (dobrao) could be a small flat-formed stone (pedra).<\/li>\n<li><em>Baqueta<\/em> \u2013 is a made of wood stick and is used to strike the Arame and produce sound.<\/li>\n<li><em>Caxixi<\/em> \u2013 a small percussion instrument, which consists of a closed wiker basket shaker full with dried beans or small stones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/paulista.kiev.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Anatomiya_berimbau_v2-1.jpg\" alt=\"anatomiya_berimbau_v2-1\" width=\"770\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Anatomiya_berimbau_v2-1.jpg 770w, https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Anatomiya_berimbau_v2-1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Anatomiya_berimbau_v2-1-768x598.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Ads: 977626270 --><br \/>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-977626270\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];<br \/>\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}<br \/>\n  gtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>  gtag('config', 'AW-977626270');<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anatomy of berimbau Berimbau is a unique musical instrument which is an essential piece in capoeira roda. As Brazilian masters said: \u201cBerimbau \u00e9 dono da roda de capoeira\u201d (Berimbau is a host of roda). There are three types of berimbaus: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264,"href":"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/813\/revisions\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulista.kyiv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}