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Samba Drumming

"Manhattan samba school" by hexadecibel is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Today we are going to:

• Listen to and watch Samba Drumming
• Learn about where Samba music comes from and which  instruments they use
• Learn and perform Samba rhythms
• Compose Samba-style rhythms

WATCH SAMBA DRUMMING!
What do you hear?
What do you see?
What kind of event is it?
Describe the atmosphere of the event.

This is an excerpt from this video

The heartbeat:

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dd

dd
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dd
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dd
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Surdo:

Claves alone once:

Claves with Surdo repeated:

dd
dd

Once alone:

With Surdo repeated:

dd
dd

Once alone:

With Surdo repeated:

dd
dd

Once:

Repeated:

dd
dd

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