Sarronca

The Sarronca is a Portuguese traditional musical instrument, more precisely a rubbed membranophone.

It is composed of a stretched skin over a hollow container that serves as a resonance box (may be a can, a jug, or a wooden cylinder, etc..). The center of the skin is pierced by a wood stick or a reed, and the sound is obtained by moving the rod downward and upward, so that the rod rubs the stretched skin.

References

• Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, ed. (1999). World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East. London: Rough Guides Ltd. p. 227. ISBN 1858286352. Retrieved 7 July 2012.