Re: how to play a cuica

From: stephanie (nnine@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2001 - 17:08:27 CEST

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    did you get a little strip of leather to rub it with?
    i think that's the best thing, and if it's just a
    teeny tiny bit moist (like rub your hands together and
    hold the leather between them so it gets the tiniest
    bit sweaty) it's better. pitch depends on speed and
    grip on the little thingy in the middle.

    --- adario <adario@thingsburnup.com> wrote:
    > hey jazzeiros,
    > i picked up a mid-size cuica several weeks ago
    > thinking it would be obvious how to use the funky
    > thing. i can get it to heave, moan and hiccup but
    > it's kinda monotone. i can't elicit any pitch
    > changes. yet all the dope dom um ramao jams have
    > upper and lower tones playing off eachother.
    >
    > does anybody have any experience with this
    > instrument? is it a matter of applying more
    > pressure with the fingers on the dowel inside the
    > instrument? or do you apply pressure to the skin?
    > or do baterias commonly use two different sized
    > cuicas?
    >
    > probably i should be asking some percussion
    > discussion list somewhere but it thought i might be
    > fun to lay this question on all yous.
    >
    > obrigado,
    > aaron dario
    >
    > ps while i'm on the subject, ron carter's
    > percussionist had this instrument that looked like
    > something out of fantastic planet. it was made of
    > copper or some kind of brassy looking metal. shaped
    > like a gourd without about a 2 foot stem and a 1
    > foot diameter bowl. the bowl was sealed and had
    > water inside of it. and it had spokes running up
    > the sides, tangent to the bowl and parallel to the
    > stem. and he played the spokes with a bow!! what
    > the hell is this that thing?!
    >

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