Choro and Samba Instruments and TERMS

• cavaquinho


  four-stringed Brazilian ukulele

  
• Bandolim


  stringed instrument similar to mandolin, with four double courses of strings, used in Brazilian choro.

  
• Pandeiro

  Brazilian tambourine

  
• Agogô


  A metallic bell that produces two different pitches. It is used in samba music.

  
• Ganzá


  a rattle/shaker used in samba music

  
• reco-reco


  Brazilian scraper in capoeira made of notched wood or bamboo.

  
• caixa


  A snare drum played with two wooden sticks

  
• Cuíca

  A friction drum used in the samba

  
• Repinique


  Two headed Brazilian drum used in samba

  
• Surdo


  Bass drum in samba music

  
• Tamborim


  small hand drum struck with a stick in samba

  
• counterpoint


  The art of combining in a single texture two or more melodic lines.
• countermelody


  secondary melody played at the same time as the primary melody
• Roda de Choro


  gatherings -- social and musicalamateur and professionalmiddle and lower classbars and restaurants
• Samba


  Brazilian dance with African influences
• bateria

  large percussion section in samba
• carnival


  The most colorful feast day in Brazil marked with a parade
• percussion break


  a percussion break between secftions in samba music
• paradinha


  'little stop
• samba - groove


  a section where all the instruments play individual repeated rhythms
• call and response


  a song style in which a singer or musician leads with a call and a group responds
• syncopated

  weak beat accented - popular in samba music
• polyrhythmic texture


  A texture made up of many different rhythms
• 2/4


  Time signature of Samba music
• Samba form


  Samba songs typically consist of introduction, verse and chorus.