Zabumba
A zabumba is a type of bass drum used in Brazilian music. The player wears the drum while standing up and uses both hands while playing.
The zabumba ((Portuguese pronunciation: [zaˈbũbɐ]) generally ranges in diameter from 16 to 22 inches, and is 5 to 8 inches tall. The shell is made of wood and may utilize either skin or plastic drum heads and is usually tensioned via metal lugs and tension rods. The top head is usually muted with tape or cloth strip(s) and struck with a cloth-covered mallet (held in the right hand) to produce a low fundamental note with minimal overtones. The bottom head is tuned tighter and is struck with a thin, twig-like stick called a bacalhão which is held in the left hand to produce a high fundamental with a sharp attack and numerous overtones.
In construction, tuning and performance technique, the zabumba is very similar to bass drums found in the eastern Mediterranean region, such as the davul.
The zabumba is used in the genres of forró, coco, baião, xaxado and xote.
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National Holidays
by: SpymobSometimes I want to swing by
To check on her, see how her week is going but you disapprove
Other times, I'll call up
He picks up and makes me feel like I'm intruding
You get to wake her every day and we divide up national holidays
This month is highlighted yellow with one box of blue
Last weekend I watched her in
A game I never knew that she played but she led the team
Afterwards, I picked up
A schedule so that I could come the next week, secretly
You get to wake her every day and we divide up national holidays
This month is highlighted yellow with one box of blue
It didn't help things the last time I complained
Don't want to upset her, I try to explain
But you of all people should walk one year in these shoes
Oh, in these shoes
Can we at least be civil to one another?
She only has one father and one mother, oh
Years ago you told me how
You could not imagine life without our little baby
Wouldn't it tear you up too
If you could only see her one day out of thirty?
You get to wake her every day and we divide up national holidays
This month is highlighted yellow with one box of blue
It didn't help things the last time I complained
Don't want to upset her, I try to explain
But you of all people should walk one year in these shoes
You get to wake her every day and we divide up national holidays
This month is highlighted yellow with one box of blue
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This month is highlighted yellow with one box of blue
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