Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1537
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	samba whistle
Subject
	421.221.422
Publisher
	Latin Percussion
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Afro-Brazilian
Format
	2.3 in. length
2.1 in. width

Identifier
	3475
Source
	South America
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Brazil
Alternative Title
	apito
	tri-tone samba whistle
Extent
	LP352
Medium
	metal
	wood
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Samba Ensemble for Carnival from Brazil
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Americas
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical with closed distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	beveled edge in wall of instrument, indirectly blown against with aid of duct
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	not used
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length/shape of standing wave within single cavity with fingerholes
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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