Frigideira

Samba Drums and percussion instruments / Frigideira

The Frigideira is the infamous samba musical frying pan. Made of cast metal, it is supplied with a metal tipped playing stick.

The professional quality frigideira that you can buy from TDSounds has a very different sound to a normal kitchen frying pan,

The frigideira is a traditional samba percussion instrument from the days when everyone played on improvised instruments.

You can find out more about frigideiras below.

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This unusual little hand held instrument has a piercing tone which cuts right across the sound of the other drums in a samba band, A single frigideira can be heard above the other samba drums even in Rio samba school baterias, where there may be 300 other drums.

The frigideira has not been much seen in Rio carnival baterias in recent years but is making something of a comeback. The single frigideira is played like a tamborim, Very fast, at up to 160 beats per second.