- Putipù
The putipù is a percussion instrument used in Neapolitan
folk music and, generally speaking in the folk music of much of southernItaly . (An alternatate name is "caccavella".) The name "putipù" isonomatopoeia for the "burping" sound the instrument makes when played. The instrument consists of a membrane stretched across a resonating chamber, like a drum. Instead of the membrane being stuck, however, a handle is used to compress air rhythmically within the chamber. The air then spurts audibly out of the not-quite-hermetic seal that fastens the membrane to the wooden body of the instrument. The sound is widely regarded a "rustic"--even humorous--Fact|date=February 2007and is reminiscent of the sound of a belch, flatulence, or the sound one gets from cupping the palm of the hand into the armpit and snapping the upper arm down.External links
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