Ferrinho

The "ferrinho" (in Cape Verdean Creole "ferrinhu" /feˈʀiɲu/) is a musical instrument, more precisely a scraped idiophone. It is made up by a metal bar (generally of iron) that is scrapped by another metal object. The bar is held vertically with its lower end held in the palm of the hand of the player, while the upper end leans on the shoulder of the player. With the other hand, a metallic object held horizontally, scraps the bar with up-and-down movements.

The "ferrinho" is used to mark the rhythm in funaná, a musical genre in Cape Verde.

It is believed that the name “"ferrinho"” is an adaptation of “"ferrinhos"”, that is the name by which the triangle is known in popular music in Portugal. In spite of the name, the ferrinho bears more analogies to instruments like the "güiro" (scrapped idiophone) than the triangle (directly struck idiophone).

;Bibliography
*"Os Instrumentos Musicais em Cabo Verde" (Brito, Margarida; Centro Cultural Português: Praia – Mindelo, 1998)
* "Relatório Diagnóstico" (Direcção Geral de Animação Cultural: Praia, 1988) Survey about musicians and musical instruments existing in Cape Verde
* "Kab Verd Band" (Gonçalves, Carlos Filipe; Instituto do Arquivo Histórico Nacional: Praia, 2006)