Gope Zabumba 18" x 20cm wood shell 8 tuning rods This is the most common and versatile size of zabumba. Great for all styles of forró music. The Zabumba is used along with the triangle to play rhythms from the North East of Brazil, including baião, forró, xote, xaxado, quadrilha, and more. This drum is played with a padded mallet…
Gope Zabumba 16" x 20cm wood shell Napa head on top, nylon head on bottom 8 tuning rods This zabumba is a smaller option. Good for smaller players or less volume. Great for all styles of forró music. The Zabumba is used along with the triangle to play rhythms from the North East of Brazil, including baião, forró, xote, xaxado,…
Napa heads are a two ply head made with a medium clear nylon head with a vinyl fabric on top. The fabric muffles the higher frequencies and focuses the fundamental tone. This is desirable on low tuned instruments: surdo, tantan, rebolo, and zabumba. The nylon ply has some small holes that allow air to escape from between the two layers, preventing…
Gope Zabumba 18" x 20cm wood shell White coated plastic head on top, white nylon head on bottom 8 double tension tuning lugs with US drum key tension screws This differs from other zabumbas, allowing separate tensioning of the top and bottom heads. This is the most common and versatile size of zabumba. Great for all styles of forró music.…
Napa heads are a two ply head made with a medium clear nylon head with a vinyl fabric on top. The fabric muffles the higher frequencies and focuses the fundamental tone. This is desirable on low tuned instruments: surdo, tantan, rebolo, and zabumba. The nylon ply has some small holes that allow air to escape from between the two layers,…
Contemporanea Zabumba 18" wood shell Napa head on top, nylon head on bottom 8 tuning rods This is the most common and versatile size of zabumba. Great for all styles of forró music. The Zabumba is used along with the triangle to play rhythms from the North East of Brazil, including baião, forró, xote, xaxado, quadrilha, and more. This drum…
Short and light wood handle with soft padded head. Blue mallet has a harder, squarish head. More articulate. Red mallet is softer and rounder. More boomy. For zabumba or low volume surdo playing.
Contemporanea Zabumba 16" wood shell Napa head on top, nylon head on bottom 8 tuning rods Great for all styles of forró music. The Zabumba is used along with the triangle to play rhythms from the North East of Brazil, including baião, forró, xote, xaxado, quadrilha, and more. This drum is played with a padded mallet on the top head…
