Berimbau, a remarkable Brazilian song, a reference for the Brazilian Guitar is now recorded with percussion (Conga, Cowbell and Caxixi), mixing Afro-Brazilian rhytms and samba). Played instrumental ...

Parmi toutes les chansons qui vont naître alors, un titre va parvenir jusqu’aux oreilles d’un poète français. Cette chanson, c’est Berimbau. Le poète : c’est Claude Nougaro.

A berimbau is basically just made out of a gourd and an arched wooden bow. One steel string called an arame (often pulled from an automobile tire) is tightly secured at both ends of the bow.

The berimbau is difficult to play (I’ve tried). It consists of a wooden bow made from a Brazilian hardwood, with a round gourd-like resonator at the bottom. The player uses a small coin or stone which ...

The berimbau is a single-stringed Afro-Brazilian instrument associated with capoeira — a Brazilian martial art which incorporates dance, acrobatics and music.

The late Naná Vasconcelos helped put the berimbau on the world's musical map. Gregory Beyer of the group Arcomusical says Vasconcelos didn't just master the instrument, he reinvented it.

If you have ever seen capoeira, you have undoubtedly heard the music of a berimbau. If you are not familiar, Capoeira is a Brazilian art form that melds martial arts, acrobatics, and music. This gr… ...

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Né à Recife, en 1944, c'est le VIP du berimbau, l'idole de Ramiro Musotto. "Nana était un musicien très important pour les gens de ma génération, à l'instar d'Hermeto Pascoal et d'Egberto ...