music world focus

• (samba) large percussion section is called a bateria
• (samba) it originated from Afro-Brazilian communities in Rio de Janeiro during the late nineteenth century.
• (sambra) pandeiro is a tambourine like drum
• (sambra) tamborim is a small drum
• (samba) agogo is a cow bell
• (sambra) caixa is a snare drum
• (sambra) cuica is a friction drum
• (sambra) reco-reco is a scrapper
• (sambra) ganza is shaker
• (sambra) repinique is a 2 headed medium drum
• (sambra) surdo is a large bass drum
• (sambra musical features) percussion breaks down known as the paradinha
• musical features of sambra include: call and response patterns, polyrhythmic (many contrasting rhymes played at the same time), syncopated rhythms in fast tempo
• Samba is typically in 2 beats per bar made up of catchy 8 bar

  melodic phrases
• samba is performed at festivals (e.g Mardi Gras) and carnivals
• samba schools compete for prizes based on their performance,

  costumes and choreography
• (choro) it orginated in 1870s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• (choro) cavaquinho is a small plucked string instrument with 4 metals strings
• (choro) bandolim is a flat backed version of the mandolin
• (choro) panderio is a tambourine like drum
• (choro) main solo instruments may include: flute and sometimes bandolim
• (choro) it may contains: guitars, clarinet and some samba percussion like the reco-reco and the ganza