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Cuíca is a Brazilian friction drum often used in Samba music. A narrow bamboo stick is attached to the underside of the drum head. Samba is the most famous of the various forms of music arising from the amalgam of African and Portuguese music in Brazil. ... Genera Many, see text Bamboos are a group of woody perennial evergreen plants in the grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae. ...


To play the cuíca, the percussionist rubs the stick with a wet cloth held in one hand, while pressing with the thumb of the other hand on the skin of the drum, near the place where the stick is attached. Rubbing the cloth up and down the stick creates different sounds, and the pitch is increased or decreased by changing the pressure on the thumb.


The sound of cuíca has a comical effect and is said to resemble monkey laughter. Cynomolgus Monkey at Batu Caves, Malaysia A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. ...

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