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Body music from Brazil’s Barbatuques

By The World ⋅ August 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
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You don’t need a musical instrument to make music. The human body is a musical instrument. A Brazilian body music group called Barbatuques performed in New York recently and as The World’s Alex Gallafent discovered, their approach is infectious. Download MP3





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2 comments for “Body music from Brazil’s Barbatuques”

  • Roxanne Hart

    Barbatuques are amazing!! Thanks for the introduction and links to their web site. The U Tube videos are inspiring too. Again PRI has changed my life with your world reaching influence. Bravo!

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpttMaPDBqE acme401

    I can make the water drop noise with my mouth too. The most surprising thing about the whole story is that we both learned the technique from the same source…the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off! lol! Hard to believe that a movie from 1986 would have that kind of influence. We should start a club of people who can make the noise. I added a YoutTube video of me making the noise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpttMaPDBqE Thanks for the story! I enjoyed it!