BRAZILIAN SAMBA

DRUMMING

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 My first Brazilian samba drumming lesson in this course

a r t i n m u s ic maki n g
H ow I t o o k p

d
W h at I e nj oye

PART A: DISCOVER

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What skills do you need to play samba drums well?

How do you measure up?

PART A: DISCOVER

Colour the amount of triangles in each section for how you think you’re doing:

1 triangle = not very good yet / don’t know much yet

6 triangles = I’m excellent at this / I know it all.

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 Rio Carnival Videos

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PART B: FIND OUT

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 What do you know now?

th e se
C a n yo u n a m e
m e nts?
s a m ba in st r u
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What is a paradinha? ………………………………………………………………………………………

PART B: FIND OUT

Anything else you have learnt that you’d like to share?

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 What are the differences?



t y le S a lvado r st y le
R io C a r n iva l s
s a m ba s a m ba re g g a e

Number of musicians: ………………… Number of musicians: …………………

Tempo (fast or slow)? ………………….. Tempo (fast or slow)? …………………..

Repique pattern: Repique pattern:

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PART B: FIND OUT

Each surdo player has how many Each surdo player has how
sticks? many sticks?

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 My Samba Reggae Composition!

Flea Spi - der Cat - er - pil - lar But - ter - fly Grass - hop-per Mos-qui-to

My patte r n s:

Tamborim:

Agogo::

Ganza::

Repique/

Caixa:
PART B: FIND OUT

Surdo:

Flea Flea Flea Caterpillar

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How are you going to share what you know?
Th i ng s
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wo u ld l b o u t Bra z i l
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Mus ic I e t o p e r f o r m
to e l l o t h e e le a r n t I
l i k rs:
wo u ld

Who am I going to share this with?

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Wh e n am I g o in

i s?
g to s h a re t h
am I goin
Wh e re
PART C: SHARE

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 Reflection after your performance

How
did it
go?

What
was
the
best
bit?

What
could
you do
better
next
PART C: SHARE

time?

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What skills do you need to play samba drums well?

Copy the 6 skills you wrote on page 3

Colour the amount of triangles in each section for how you think you’re doing now
PART C: SHARE

Are you better than you were before? Were you realistic with your skills before?

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 What’s next?!

I’d like to:

Do Arts Award Explore

Learn more drumming
Be in a band
Sing in a choir
Learn another instrument - which one? ……………………………………………
Anything else?

Congratulations!
PART C: SHARE

You’ve completed your Brazilian samba

drumming Course!

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