Transcript How to play a Samba piece

Samba Batucada
Percussion music of the Brazilian Carnaval!
The Carnaval
in Rio
The Atmosphere
The People
The Parade
The Samba
Band
The Costumes
…and more
costumes…
The Instruments
Surdo
-the ‘heartbeat’ of the samba band
-played with a soft beater and a
hand to dampen some notes
- plays the ‘bass’ line
-if you play this part, you must be
able to keep a beat really well!
Agogo
-plays a syncopated lively
part with high and low
notes
-tricky rhythms
-if you play this part you
should be able to keep a
tricky rhythm going
Tambourim - with an ‘m’!!
-can be played with fingers on the
drum skin (dampening the sound)
or fingers off
-played with a beater or chopsticks
-plays the ‘groovy’ rhythms
Chocalho
-sound similar to tambourine
jingles
-hold at both ends and shake
back and forth
-constant rhythm
Cuica
-sounds like the bark or growl
of a dog or when you pull a
straw though the lid of a
plastic cup from 7-11
-inside the drum there is a
stick attached to the head
-played by rubbing a damp
cloth along the stick inside the
drum
Caixa
-a marching drum or a snare
drum
-two drum sticks are used and
normal stick technique is
applied
Apito
-similar to a sports whistle
-is played by the group leader
to indicate the sections of the
piece
How to play a Samba piece
• Learn the ‘main groove’ which is used through
most of the piece
• To start the piece there is usually an ‘intro’,
often a call and response with the leader
• To end the piece use an ‘outro’ which can be
the same as the ‘intro’
• To make the piece more interesting use one or
more ‘breaks’. These are different rhythms that
everyone plays together for one or more bars in
the middle of the piece.
A typical piece could be like this:
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Intro
Main groove
Break 1
Main groove
Break 2
Main groove
Outro
Brazilian Football and Samba
• Brazilian football is strongly associated
with samba.
• Some say that good football is played with
a samba rhythm in the feet!
Escolas de Samba
• There are many schools that teach samba
in Brazil and there are many competitions
for their best bands!
• Here are some of the school badges: