Cabasa Percussion

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Feel the groove of the cabasa and treat yourself to this outstanding model!

Discover the cabasa, a percussion instrument with African roots

Rooted in West Africa several hundred years ago, the cabasa is a modern evolution of the shekere, an ancient instrument made from a gourd wrapped in a net of beads and used in religious ceremonies across the continent. While the cabasa was originally designed to solve the shekere’s fragility, the wide range of effects you can create with this percussion instrument has helped it earn a life of its own. This model is a perfect example: by swirling the steel beads around the textured cylinder, you can produce remarkably rich, expressive sounds. Crafted from solid wood with a stunning reddish finish, it features a head that measures 4.35 in (11 cm) in diameter, making it ideal for your musical creations. Go ahead and treat yourself to this cabasa today.

Technical characteristics of the percussion cabasa

• Instrument family: percussion – idiophone
  
• Head diameter: 4.35 in (11 cm)
  
• Length: 7 in (18 cm)
  
• Materials: wood and steel beads
  

In fact, when this instrument was invented around the 1960s, it was first called the Afuche cabasa. Over time, for convenience, most musicians shortened the name to simply cabasa. However, some purists still refer to it by its original name.