berimbau

Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
01 Jun 97 23:57:48 -0800


out of all the discussion of berimbau--including some very knowledgeable
folks
(that probably know a lot more about it than me)--i'm really surprised that
no-one mentioned what a berimbau "is". people discussed what it looked like,

etc. but no-one mentioned that what it "is" is a *musical bow* (as in
hunting). it's got a ball on one end that is to amplify the sound (kinda
like
the soundbox part of the guitar it works by resonation), but, like the saw,
it's a non-musical item turned into an instrument!

ok, i'm getting off my soapbox now...

t-bird

.. I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere!