Does anyone know the name of the instrument at the very beginning of this song? The one that makes the monkey noise. 🙂
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Matt on Not-WordPress, mostly photos
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Does anyone know the name of the instrument at the very beginning of this song? The one that makes the monkey noise. 🙂
Matt on Not-WordPress, mostly photos 
Matt, it would be helpful to know what lanuage this is, and/or where the music originated. It sounds like a samba beat, probably Portuguese, so I’m guessing Brazil. With those assumptions, I Googled “Brazilian musical instruments” and came up with a good possibility: The Cuica (the “i” should be accented).
Nice song, by the way!
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It’s a CuÃca. I only know this because my wife is Brazilian. 🙂 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu%C3%ADca
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Hey you, this is a Brazilian song and the name of the instrument is cuica. Take a look at You Tube. Search for cuica.
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It’s a CuÃca! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu%C3%ADca
I listen to a lot of samba music 🙂
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I believe that is a human voice.
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Berimbau
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No, the others are right, it’s cuÃca. Berimbau is this one: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berimbau_de_peito, quite different, but also Brazilian :).
By the way, this song is called “Sonho meu” (my dream) and the authors are Dona Yvonne Lara and Delcio Carvalho. I don’t know who is singing, though.
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“CuÃca”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu%C3%ADca
😉
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I think you could make that noise on a clarinet. (Or at least, it sounds a bit like the weird squeaks I used to make when I was first learning 😀 )
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Matt, it’s a Cuica – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqS2hw2fL2A
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Sounds just like the one that does donkey-like sounds in Beck’s “Tropicalia”…
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it’s called cuica
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And there you have it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropicalia_%28song%29
…then…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu%C3%ADca
…then…
Sounds about right.
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it’s also very lol to play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBfddHxQ9YU
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Hi Ma.tt:
It’s a Brazilian instrument. “Cuica” is its name.
Here is some online info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu%C3%ADca
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Sonho Meu, I love that song.
Normally that is human sound and you can hear it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ7r_yRILEw – in few places during the song.
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Pronnounced “coo-eeh-kah”.. By the way, who is this singer? Moska?
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It’s tuned a bit high for a cuica; they’re usually pitched several octaves lower than that. There’s a good chance it’s actually a buhay, a very similar instrument from the Ukraine which has been picking up popularity in Samba for its similar variant sound.
Cuica:
Buhay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tlLrEphmoI
Mickey Mouse’s early whistling, such as in Steamboat Willie, was a buhay. (Sometimes you’ll see them called b[o|u]chka or berebenytsia.)
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Er, sorry. For clarity, the Buhay in that video is what’s making the sort of bird-ish noises.
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Hi Matt,
I have no idea what instrument that is, but it is funny. By the way, where did you find that song?
Thanks,
Trisho
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It’s from the “Woman on Top” soundtrack.
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Thank you for asking this question and thanks to those who answered; you all have helped resolve a burning question amongst several of us in my office who like samba/bossa nova!!!
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