Hand-repique: Brazilian musical instrument

The hand-repique is a percussion musical instrument that is believed to have originated from Brazil. It is a small drum that has cylindrical shape and can be produced of wood, aluminium, or acrylic. The musical instrument is played with hands, both on the skin and also the body. The hand-repique possesses a sharp sound and it is used mostly to play samba music and its variants like the pagoda. The common role of the instrument inside these genres is to increase the percussion section and also fill the spaces and playing the off-beats.

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The musical instrument was discovered by musician Ubirany, the founder and percussionist with the band “fundo de Quintal”. Ubirany begin the use of the instrument in its band but thought it was too uncomfortable to play since the instrument is meant to be originally played with the drum stuck. He changed to meet the requirements of the instrument, he added a few mufflers on the inside of the instrument and lowered the hoop and took the bottom skin off the musical instrument. It became well appealing to the public and it began to be manufactured by several producers of musical instrument, evolving away from the original repinique.