Timbau

The Timba ( rarely also: Timbal or Timbau ) is a hand drum of Brazilian music.

The conical body of Timba is made of painted pressed wood and is about 70 to 90 cm high. The batter head made ​​of plastic has a diameter of 12 to 14 inches. The drum is usually carried with a shoulder strap and played in front of the hanging belly, rare it is in a stand.

The usual beats are the open tone and the high and very loud slap. The bass in the middle of the coat plays a lesser role than in comparable Hand drums like the Djembe or Conga.

Until the late 1980s, the Timba occurred mainly in the Samba Pagode. In this form of music they played as Surdo de mão ( " Handsurdo " ) diagonally to the knees lying with one hand. Other Handsurdos are Rebolo Repique de mão and Tantan. Carlinhos Brown was the first of the Timba began as a hand drum in his group Timbalada in the 1980s and thus a musical revolution in Salvador triggered. The Timba was a defining instrument of Samba Reggae and Blocos afros. Until then, the Atabaque was the dominant Brazilian hand drum that is too heavy but to wear them and therefore was not played in the carnival groups. To date, the Timba has not found its way into the Samba Enredo the big samba schools of Rio de Janeiro, but playing in groups that combine traditional with modern music, a major role.

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