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Agogos
Bags & cases
Bass drums
Batons
Beaters & mallets
Bell trees
Bells
Bird calls
Bodhrans
Cabasas
Caixas
Castanets
Chime bars
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Claves
Cowbells
Cymbals
Didgeridoos
Dhol drums
Djembes
Doumbeks
Drum keys
Drum skins
Early years
Frame drums
Gamelan
Gathering drums
Glockenspiels
Gongs
Guiros & scrapers
Hand chimes
Hardware
Honestly Made
Horns & sirens
Indian percussion
Jumbie Jam
Kazoos
Kokirikos
Maracas & shakers
Marching drums
Mark trees
Metallophones
Monkey drums
Music frames
Music stands
Music therapy
Ocarinas
Ocean drums
Panpipes
Practice pads
Rainsticks
Rattles
Recorders
Repiniques
Rototoms
Samba
Sand blocks
Sheet music
Singing bowls
Slapsticks
Sleigh bells & jingles
Snare drums
Spare parts
Steel pans
Storage
Straps & harnesses
Surdos
Tabla drums
Taiko drums
Talking drums
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Tambourines
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Izzo stainless steel 8" cuica
Code: IZ6342
£59
RRP £89
£49.17
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Robust stainless steel body shell
Natural rawhide drum head
Hard wearing chrome plated hardware
Lightweight at only 2kg
Hugely popular instrument in samba and carnival music
Made in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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The 'cuica' is a Brazilian friction drum. An instrument which is rather unique in that it has a large pitch range controlled by the player via a large stick fixed to the center of the drum head.
The stick is rosined and rubbed with a damp cloth - this produces the sound - whilst the players other hand applies pressure to the drum head in order to change the pitch. A shoulder strap holds the drum in place.
This model has a stainless steel shell with a natural rawhide head. it has 8 tuning lugs and all the hardware is chrome plated. It is a comparatively small drum, especially when compared to the more common Surdo found in samba groups but is lightweight and easy to carry.