Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A musical instrument with a gourd resonator and a single steel wire stretched across a long pole or stick.
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- noun music A
musical instrument , consisting of agourd (asresonator ) and a singlewire stretched along apole , used inBrazil
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In these capoeira circles, at least one person plays a single-stringed instrument called a berimbau, and another beats on drums while the crowd chants and claps.
Fighting the Fun Fight Christopher Shay 2011
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The Brazilian martial art capoeira combines dance, music, high kicks and leg sweeps and is performed in a circle known as a roda, to the music of a single-stringed instrument called a berimbau and hand-claps.
Week in Words Erin McKean 2011
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Capoeira is performed in a roda, a circle formed by fellow capoeiristas, one of whom plays an instrument called the berimbau, which dictates the tempo.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Though he says, it's possible to construct a berimbau yourself.
Fighting the Fun Fight Christopher Shay 2011
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After a few months of training, he decided he wanted to his own berimbau, the one-stringed instrument central to the music of capoeira.
Fighting the Fun Fight Christopher Shay 2011
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In another case, the driver had a homemade berimbau in the passenger seat which launched a lively discussion of musical instruments.
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I also own a stylophone, a berimbau and a zither, none of which I can play convincingly.
Friday Open Thread Michael Alan Nelson 2009
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In Angola, the heart of the capoeira, is berimbau, a local instrument made of a calibache (ph) with a vibrating string.
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A South American berimbau, a set of golden vibes, a crisp, prewar Martin guitar.
A Maiden's Grave Deaver, Jeffery 1995
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The Dancing Sorceror features Airto on berimbau and Zakir on tabla and madal.
The Dancing Sorceror 1991
npydyuan commented on the word berimbau
Gunga é meu, gunga é meu
Gunga é meu, foi papai que me deu
Gunga é meu, gunga é meu
Gunga é meu eu não dou a ninguem
October 12, 2007
qms commented on the word berimbau
The dancer with all limbs akimbo
Contorts in a lithesome low limbo.
In firelight flesh glistens
And all the world listens
To the beat of the haunting berimbau.
November 15, 2018
bilby commented on the word berimbau
My gourd is resonating. You?
November 15, 2018
qms commented on the word berimbau
Yep. I’m wired.
November 15, 2018