ganzá
The ganzá is a Brazilian rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music. • Illustration — A metal ganzá. The ganzá is cylindrically shaped and can be either a hand-woven basket or a metal canister which is filled with beads, metal balls, pebbles, or other similar items. Those made from metal produce a particularly loud sound.
Also recorded as ganza · siksak · sekseki · chocalho (ganzá)
ganzá
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The ganzá is a Brazilian rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music. • Illustration — A metal ganzá. The ganzá is cylindrically shaped and can be either a hand-woven basket or a metal canister which is filled with beads, metal balls, pebbles, or other similar items. Those made from metal produce a particularly loud sound.
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They are usually used to play a rhythm underneath the rest of the band. It is usually included in the Brazilian Samba as an undertone. The ganzá is classified as an indirectly struck idiophone.
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• Name — Ganzá • Background — Percussion • Classification — Percussion • Hornbostel Sachs — 112 • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Indirectly struck idiophones
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