Reco Reco

The reco reco is a scraper of African origin used as a percussion instrument in Brazilian music.

Originally made from bamboo or wood, for some time, reco-recos have been made of a metallic cylinder with springs attached and played with a metal stick, which results in a much louder sound. 

Traditional, hand made wood güiro / bamboo reco reco especially popular in Capoeira. The warm sounding effect mixes well with other wood instruments like the agogo de castanha, berimbau, atabaque and pandeiro. The torpedo-shaped compact percussion instrument is also known from Latin percussion. It has small grooves which are rubbed with a hard wood stick to produce rhythmical patterns. The instruments is made of the single limbs of raw bamboo trees and has an almost completely natural finish.