Gongue
Gongue , in Portuguese Gonguê , is a Brazilian percussion instrument whose origins lie in Africa. The Gongue is a clapless stem hand bell and corresponds to a cow bell . The flattened, elongated instrument is between 20 and 30 cm long and consists of about two mm thick, welded sheet iron. Especially the large and up to 3 kg heavy specimens have a 50 cm long metal support foot, with which the instrument can be held with one hand and supported on the hip while playing. The gongue is played with the free hand with a hardwood mallet.
music
Typically, the gongue is played in northeastern Brazilian music , where it sets the beat and plays rhythmically syncopated phrases with lots of offbeats and double- offbeats . Due to its size, it has a deeper, louder and more penetrating sound than other percussion bells. In the Brazilian Maracatu in particular , it can therefore assert itself as the leading instrument in a large drum group.
See also
Web links
- BlogBrincante: Cultura e Danças Populares Brasileiras! [1]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enciclopédia da musica brasileira: popular, erudita e folclórica. Art Editora, São Paul 1998, p. 339. Retrieved June 4, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Jerry D. Metz: Cultural Geographies of Afro-Brazilian Symbolic Practice: Tradition and Change in Maracatu de Nação (Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil). In: Latin American Music Review , Volume 29, No. 1, 2008, pp. 64–95, here section Kongo Concept: The Gonguê , pp. 68–71 ( Online in Project MUSE.) Retrieved on June 4, 2017 (English ).
- ↑ Kalango Gongues. Retrieved June 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Blogbrincante. Retrieved June 2, 2017 .