The Berimbau 

Brazil djented before it was cool.

Rob! you needed to tie the coconut on to the string and then it would't loose the tone so much. also you can "tune it" with the string of the coconut... basically.... Its pretty common in Brazil to mix metal with a berimbau sound but u made it totally different! Search for: Soulfly, Ostheobaldo, Catapulta (other brazilian 90's metal-ish bands) I LOVE IT hahaha

jeff is clearly the focus of the video

Rob, you should check out Sepultura songs, they used the Birimbao in some of their songs, and they do thrash metal, they are from Brazil.

it's funny seeing ​you guys discovering the berimbau, because here in some parts of Brazil, and probably in some countries in Africa, it is common and it's used to set the pace of Capoeira, a mix of fight and dance.

Instrumento da "Capoeira" do Brasil! Instrument of the "Capoeira" of Brazil!

you tried to write berimbau metal with The Rock?! oh... I thought you meant... never mind lol

Make a metal song using Jeff. Jeff Metal.

New game: where is jeff?

Man, berimbau without the rock and caxixi is just a string hold in a stick

You must be Chicago Music Stores favorite customer because you're buying all these unorthodox instruments

Its an African (originally) instrument used on Capoeira in Brazil (a fight/dance style or something) Its part of our culture

Berimbauuuuu.. Drop tuning! That is why in the song, the berimbau doesn't sound like how I used to hear it haha XD

that's a strange guitar.

No ducks. Disappointment.

Sooo next up is dry wall metal?

I liked the track but I'm really disappointed you didn't research or present any of the history of the berimbau. I'm all for experimenting with obscure gear and breaking tradition, but it's important to at least try to respect the culture things come from -- it gives you a better appreciation of the instrument and its music. The berimbau comes from Brazil by way of African slaves who were not allowed to own musical instruments. So the slaves built instruments like the berimbau from sticks, rocks, wires and gourds, stuff they could find (and hide) easily. Side note: the cajon has a similar origin (it's a box) with African slaves in Peru. Instruments similar to the berimbau are found in parts of Africa and India as well.

look for Attitude by Sepultura. The instrument in the intro is the Berimbau

Funny you got this from a guy named Max and metal heads know this instrument best from Max Cavelera era Sepultura. ROOTS!!

want to buy it? But can does it help to shoot some bears with arrow in my cold far-far country? (no, we don't drink a vodka too much)

You need to check out Soulfly. Max uses one on the intro to "Tribe". It's a Brazilian tribal instrument, that may have originated in Africa, and brought to Brazil in the early 16th century during the slave trade.

Playing with the rock is a lot harder, you have to support and balance the berimbau across one pinky finger using the string which keeps tension on the cord. After about 5 minutes of playing it, if you haven't been playing all your life, you'll get "berimbau pinky." AKA a sore ass finger. It's literally the hardest part of the instrument: holding it.

Hey Rob what instrument can you play? "Yes"

Hey Rob, build one yourself, with a tuner on top so it stays in tune. Grtz Peter

3:40 Insert Seinfeld Theme

So this instrument is the same instrument Max Cavalera uses in some of his songs in his band SoulFly, right?

the berimbau is one of the first stringed instruments EVER!. the instrument is used in the martial art "Capoeira" i think it's really cool that you made metal out of an afrobrazilian instrument wich is really old. love your vids. keep up the good work :)

how about if you were to make a modern Berimbau with a machine head and such?

Jeff seems like a cool guy

working with these odd instruments and seeing how you find ways to create different sounds is absolutely entrancing

Rob, you really should check out some of Naná Vasconcelo's music. The guy is a true máster of the Berimbau. Also, Sepultura and Soulfly, in which Max Cavalera used it in a Metal context.

"I think it's super super basic stuff" @7:41. Bro i think you're just basic.

BERIMBAU JAM PLS!

You put 2 chairs that won’t move away from each other and place the berimbau on top and push down. Push so it flexes down. Then pull your string tight and wrap it. Helps a lot with another person wrapping. With it tuned if you slide the gourd all the way down get decent low

Roots!!! Bloody Roots!!!

People, this instrument is called Birimbao and it's used in Brazilian music and in the dance and martial art Capoeira.

You should drill a hole for a traditional guitar string, the bolt a tuner key to it and make it tunable

"I wish I knew more about the history of it...", maybe a quick google search before shooting? lol

You should totally check out sepultura. (If u already havent) Love from brazil

the berimbau is (I think) a really old instrument from Brazil, and is mostly used for the sport ''Capoeira''. which originated from the Brazillian prisons. my brother knows a lot more about this instrument and the sport as he was a teacher for it

i`m capoeirista and i press like button!!!.. good job Rob nice video

The "rock" is called a "Dobrao," Edit: The shaker is also called a "Caxixi," and the stick for playing it is called a "Baqueta"

Is this for like................. trying to talk to the dead...... I saw this done in Pokemon red, I think. The ahhh..... tower in that grave yard town, well Pokemon this and that but yeah... that thing is.... voodoo

Short History lesson: It was invented by African people who came as slaves to Brazil, and it was (still is) used both in the Martial Art called Capoeira, and the Religion called Candomblé.

The Berimbau comes from Capoeira, the Brazilian fight/dance. I'm Brazilian, so trust me. Search for capoeira and I'll find out a lot about the instrument

Pssht, the Berimbau s such a mainstream instrument. He's only playing it to get chicks. The Kaisatsuko, now that's fucking metal.

Rob you don't know how to play the berimbau ?😂 Without you're friends ?

I have a feeling you can't make metal using rock on this instrument.... You'll get rock music... 😛

Check the old Videos from "Roots" by Sepultura, they did awesome Berimbau metal almost 20 years ago.

This is the equivalent of bastardizing a violin to play the fiddle except it's about 1000x lamer

I think Jeff may have taken a little PCP sometime before this video was made. On another note, its very nice to see you exploring different instruments instead of just insulting half of the world like some other youtube musicians that we all know. I truly enjoy your experiments.

I saw this guy with a didgeridoo doing what sounded a lot like dubstep. He was really great with it. Now I can't find the video anymore. :'(

it's hilarious to see the reactions of a non brazilian people tryng to play with berimbau.....Hope you search for the history of this instrument, that have a big importance on brazilian culture. Hello from Brazil.

Rob, as a brazilian who also know how to play the berimbau, i have to say. You are playing this completely wrong Hahaha Also, you have a really low quality one in your hands there Anyway, still a great video man, i would love to see another video of you playing the berimbau after learning a little bit more.

Rob I have one word for you, Sepultura!!!!! they used a berimbau and an electric one for their heavy metal songs

It was fun what you could play out of that thing hahahaha... But the pitch and tone can fuck up if the wood isn't right and well bent. We usually carve a piece of wood to a stick as it is done for bows as you guys pointed out. For the rock try and find a pebble stone, the surface that touches the string needs to be as cleaner as possible in order to work properly. And also, the gourd isn't loose. I hope you can find a better instrument and try this again. Cheers!

Such a simple instrument and so hard to play it properly. About the tension - you need to put some force and they way you r tighten it is similar to arming a bow. You can check the tutorials in youtube. After that you'll need time to practice just holding it properly :)

If anybody saw Atoms For Peace live, this is what Mauro Refosco uses on "The Clock". ;)

This makes me wonder what it'd sound like if you took, say, a digeridoo, and strung the thing up to utilize the entire tube as your resonance chamber. Or something like one of those alpine horns might work better?

Next challenge: PORTUGUESE GUITAR!!

Speaking of highly resonant instruments, when are you going to get an ES-335? Most versatile guitar ever!

was anyone else disappointed with Andrew's song? this instrument seemed so promising for a dubstep-ish song, but it just was meh.

It was created by slaves in Brazil. The reason it looks so exotic is it was meant to be a disguise for a bow, the stick was used because it was an arrow. It’s traditionally used in capoeira, a martial art also developed by Brazilian slaves:

Rob: makes a video about the Berimbau Capoeira: Finally... my time has come

I believe you ARE supposed to bend it. That's how you get more tention in it. The stick is plyable enough to you can bend it and get the string taut that way.

please playing metal song with indonesian instrument, i think it would be cool. i recomend "sampek".

Do it with a smoother rock, put it closer to the end of the instrument. It's hard-ish but that's how they do it. Check a capoeira place thing or videos to get a hold on the instrument's history if you want. There's really not all that much to it.

Closest acoustic instrument to dubstep? What about the didgeridoo? I'd say that has the potential to sound more dubstep than the berimbau.

So Jeff was the mythical creature rob was summoning using his ritual stick

iv also always done the sheetrock thing it works better with the breadstick. but if you have no amp...

If you go to a capoeira group they will teach you how to set it up right. I'm a beginner in capoeira myself so I don't know a ton but I know that those loops should be closer together, so that you can twist them around all at once in one handful.

So a guy named Max showed you how to use a berimbau? Did he have a Brazillian accent, by any chance?

You want a metal version listen to sepultera Even sepultera uses origional sound of the barimbau. Metal ass. : (

I'm very late, but you are supposed to bend it a little in a bow-like shape to get tension. Since its kinda stiff, a little bit of bend will get you a lot of tension.

This + didgeridoo + those african drums that can bend the pitch =acoustic EDM

In Brazil we use the Berimbau as base instrument for songs to "dance" capoeira. But it works for metal too lol

The pronunciation is more like (a north american saying) "beating buw"

The rock is kinda tricky, but wrapping the gourd around the string gives it enough tension where you can use the rock on it.

The berimbau is a Brazilian instrument used in a fight / dance called capoeira

dude, get someone to set it up for you, or lookup a "how to". It sounds much cooler played correctly.

just reference Sepultura for metal involving a Berimbau

Sounds like the music before you leave the safe room on L4D1

Berimbau is so common in Brazil that I thought it was strange that someone didn't know it haahha

Hi Rob, I believe this is used in 'the Werewolf' by Paul Simon :)

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"I wish i knew more about it"... just read the wikipedia page about it

berimbau pega no meu pai😂 você foi troslado ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

First time I heard a berimbau in metal was in "Attitude" by Sepultura. \m/

ask someone to modify this or make a brand new berimbau. something that can really make it into a metal song

"Friend" Jeff. Don't worry Rob, we won't judge.

I think you'd have a lot of fun with the jaw harp, you should check it out if you haven already

you did killing in the name on a shovel, and this has a bult in wah. do bulls on parade with the berimbau

Check out Afro Left by Leftfield, features the berimbau

if it has a wah effect when on your chest, why didn't you call my man Mr. Hammett?

the rock is probably at another fast and furious movie

Jeff Behind This Tree should be careful in the woods! there could be bears.

you could also experiment with bouzouki

The name of your instrument in the hand with the stick is called-kashichi

Jeff is the overlord of everything

try another brazilian instrument:viola caipira