💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Alfaia"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| atabaquenoun | A tall Afro-Brazilian hand drum, traditionally having its shell made of jacaranda wood. |
| tamborimnoun | A small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin. |
| berimbaunoun | (music) A percussion instrument, consisting of a gourd (as resonator) and a single wire stretched along a pole, used in Brazil, has a pivotal role in capoeira ensembles. |
| tambounoun | A type of drum in the French Caribbean, made of a hollowed-out tree trunk covered in animal skin. |
| lambeg drumnoun | A large Irish drum beaten with curved Malacca canes. |
| cuicanoun | A Brazilian friction drum often used in samba music. |
| ganzánoun | A Brazilian cylindrical rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music. |
| ngoma drumnoun | Any of a set of drums used in Bantu music, traditionally made of wood covered with cow skin. |
| agidanoun | A large drum used for ceremonial music in Surinam. |
| barrel drumnoun | (music) A drum (membranophone) with a shape that bulges in the middle, forming a barrel-like appearance, usually very large and made of wood with a one-headed and open-bottomed body. |
| pandeironoun | A type of hand-held frame drum with a round wooden frame and six pairs of metal discs fit along the sides, and an animal skin or nylon head; similar to a tambourine but with head tension that can be tuned and crisper, drier, and less sustained jingles, used in a number of Brazilian music forms. |
| skull drumnoun | A drum (musical instrument) made from a thin covering stretched over a hemispherical section of a human skull; also, a damaru made from two skulls. |
| adufenoun | A traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin. |
| slit drumnoun | (music) A type of idiophone, consisting of a material (usually bamboo or wood) hollowed out and possessing one or more slits on the top. |
| dhaknoun | Butea monosperma, a tree of southern Asia. |
| birimbaonoun | (rare) Alternative spelling of berimbau. [(music) A percussion instrument, consisting of a gourd (as resonator) and a single wire stretched along a pole, used in Brazil, has a pivotal role in capoeira ensembles.] |
| zabumbanoun | (music) A Brazilian bass drum that performers wear and is tapped with both hands. |
| surdonoun | A type of percussion instrument used in Brazil. |
| akalimbanoun | An African thumb piano. |
| zambombanoun | A Spanish friction drum, consisting of a ceramic pot with a skin and a pole in the middle. To play it, the stick is rubbed to make a deep sound |
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