Cuica           

             Cuíca  May Be A Brazilian Friction Drum With An Outsized Pitch Vary, Made By Dynamic Tension On The Pinnacle Of The Drum.  It's Usually Utilized In Samba Music. The Tone It Produces Incorporates A High-Pitched High-Pitched Tone. It's Been Known As A 'Laughing Gourd' Attributable To this Sound. 

             There Area Unit Variety Of Designs Of Cuíca Found Round The Globe. Its Origins Area Unit Controversial. Completely Different Sources Trace It To Bantu Slaves, To Spain, And To Muslim Traders. It's Conjointly Believed That The Cuica Was Employed In Continent As A Imply The Male Lion Since The Sound Mimics The Roar Of The Feminine Lion. The Instrument Was Introduced To Brazil By African Slaves, Wherever It Found Its Place In Samba Music.

           The Cuíca Includes A Wood Stick Mounted At One Finish Within The Drum Within The Center Of The Drumhead. This Stick Is Rosined And Rubbed With A Material.  Ever-Changing The Pressure On This Stick Produces The Various Pitches And Timbres.  The Body Of The Cuíca Is Often Manufactured From Metal, Gourd Or Artificial Material. It's One Head,Unremarkably Half-Dozen To Ten Inches In Diameter (15–25 Cm), Manufactured From Animal Product. A Skinny bamboo Stick Is Hooked Up To The Middle Of, And Perpendicular To, The Drum Head, Extending Into The Drum's Interior. The Instrument Is Control Below One Arm At Chest Height With The Assistance Of A Strap. To Play The Cuíca, The Musician Rubs The Stick Up And Down With A Wet Material Control In One Hand, Victimization The Fingers Of The Opposite Hand To Depress On The Skin Of The Drum Close To The Place Wherever The Stick Is Hooked Up. The Rubbing Motion Produces The Sound And Also The Pitch Is Enlarged Or Reduced By Ever-Changing The Pressure On The Top.

             The Cuíca Is Employed To Accompany A Range Of Various Folks And Concrete Common Dances. As An Example, It Should Be A Part Of The Instrumental Ensemble For The Might Dança Diamond State Santa Cruz Or For The Moçambique Dramatic Dance (Bailado) In Minas Gerais. It Is Also Employed In Holy Cross Dances And Processions And In Performances Of São Paulo Rural Sambas.

           The Cuíca Plays A Vital Swinging Role In Samba Music Of All Types. It's Notably Notable As A Fixture Of American De Janeiro's Carnival Teams, That Feature Entire Sections Of Cuíca Players. It's therefore Ordinarily Employed In Radio-Oriented Samba Music That Within The Absence Of A Cuíca Player, Brazilian Singers Or Different Musicians Imitate The Sound Of The Cuíca With Their Voices. Associate In Nursinggree Associate} Example Of This Imitation May Be Detected On The Intro A Part Of Dizzy Gillespie's Version Of Chega De Saudade (From The "Dizzy On The French Riviera" Album, 1965) Composed By Antonio Andres Martinez Jobim. At The Side Of Samba, The Cuíca Is One Among The In The Main Used Brazilian Instruments In Jazz-Rock, Free Jazz, And Latin Jazz.