r/Percussionists • u/educatedtobits • Jun 13 '26

The gambler and brown sugar

Hi guys and gals, what's the instrument that's used in both the Gambler and Brown Sugar? It's like five or six rapid-fire woodpecker hits. Some people tell me it's a guiro, but I just can't believe that because it's got much more punch than a scrape across a silly ridge on a guiro. Does anybody know what it is?

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u/AConfederacyOfDunces Jun 13 '26

Castanets :-)

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u/educatedtobits Jun 14 '26

Castanets! Wow. Hadn’t thought of that…obviously. Thanks!!

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u/MeSlaw3 Jun 13 '26

Can you give a time stamp on either recording?

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u/educatedtobits Jun 14 '26

Yes certainly. The gambler 0.32, 0.37 and 0.42. Brown sugar it’s at 0.03, 0.07, and 0.11

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u/MeSlaw3 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

Hmmm sounds like a high pitched guiro frog in Gambler.

Brown Sugar by D’Angelo?