Prato-e-faca

Prato-e-faca (literally "plate-and-knife") is a Brazilian folk music instrument a part of a minimal samba ensemble, which consists of a plate and a table knife.[1]

It may be played in basically two ways. It the first way the plate is held "as though it were a custard pie the musician was preparing to throw in his own face, and the edge of the plate is scraped by the knife. In the second way the edge of the plate is tapped with the edge of the knife.[1]

References
  1. Ralph Waddey, "Viola de Samba" and "Samba de Viola" in the "Reconcavo" of Bahia (Brazil) Part II: "Samba de Viola", Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Autumn - Winter, 1981), pp. 252-279  – via JSTOR (subscription required)
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