Surdo drums in use in Michael Jackson's They Don't Care About Us video.
The surdo is a bass drum or a large floor tom-like drum used in many kinds of Brazilian music, such as Axé/Samba-reggae and samba, where it plays the lower parts from a percussion section. The instrument was created by Alcebíades Barcelos during the 1920s and 1930s as part of his work with the first samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Deixa Falar.[1] It is also notable for its association with the cucumbi genre of the Ancient Near East[citation needed].
Surdo sizes normally vary between 40 cm (16 in) and 65 cm (26 in) diameter, with some as large as 73 cm (29 in). In Rio de Janeiro, surdos are generally 60 cm (24 in) deep. Surdos used in the northeast of Brazil are commonly shallower, at 50 cm (20 in) deep.[2] Surdos may have shells of wood, galvanized steel, or aluminum. Heads may be goatskin or plastic. A Rio bateria will commonly use surdos that have skin heads (for rich tone) and aluminum shells (for lower weight). Surdos are worn from a waist belt or shoulder strap, oriented with the heads roughly horizontal. The bottom head is not played. Surdo drummers beat the drums using hard or soft mallets.
^Malta, Pedro Paulo. "OS 120 ANOS DE UM DOS 'INVENTORES' DO SAMBA: BIDE, O CRIADOR DO SURDO DE MARCAÇÃO". Discografia Brasileira. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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since the 1970s. According to Allmusic, Gadd has been credited with playing surdo, kalimba, timpani, tambourine, congas, Grand Cassa, bongos, timbales, snare...
199–218. ISBN 978-1-4791-6765-4.. Oliveira, Paulo Martins (2013). "Bosch, the surdo canis". Dokumen.tips. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved...
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labeled "samba-reggae" and consisted basically of a pattern in which the surdo bass drums (four of them at minimum) divided themselves into four or five...
timbal (a tall, high-pitched hand drum), and the development of a rack of 3 surdos (bass drums) that can be played by a single player. The timbal, which had...
song "Ritmo Number One" from his 1977 album "Agora" uses a base track with surdo (big bass drum) and percussion, overdubbed with 8 percussion tracks (repique...
other members included Coimbra (reco-reco), Zinho (cuíca) and Claudio (surdo). They played with many famous names in the MPB scene such as Alex Luiz...
percussion instruments instead of a drum kit, such as timbales, octobans, or the surdo. China cymbals may also be used for conventional jazz, often played with...
Retrieved 27 February 2022. CARVALHO, Paulo Vaz de (2007). Breve História dos Surdos no Mundo. SurdUniverso. p. 172. ISBN 9789899525412. Lei nº 10.436, de 24...
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