Flashcards
Samba
Cards in this deck (14)
- 1SurdoA large resonant bass drum played with one stick and one hand. They set the basic beat for the rest of the bateria.
- 2CaxiaA snare drum played with sticks. It can be used to create polyrhythm.
- 3RepiniqueSimilar to a tom-tom and high-pitched. Played by the leader.
- 4CuicaHeld horizontally and has a large pitch range. There is a wooden stick inside the drum attached to the skin at one end which is rubbed with a wet cloth to produce a sound. The pressure changes the pitch.
- 5TamborimA very small drum like a tambourine with no bells. It is high-pitched and only has a single beater.
- 6AgogoDouble cow bell with different pitches.
- 7Other percussion instrumentsShakers ( ganza, caxixi, xequere, afoxe), scrapers (reco-reco) and tambourines (pandeiro)
- 8Other instrumentsPortuguese guitar, keyboards, whistles, saxophones, trumpets, trombones,
- 9Surdo de primeria functionHas the lowest pitch and plays on beats 2 and 4 dampening with the hand inbetween.
- 10Surdo de segunda functionHigher pitch. Plays opposite to the surdo de primeira
- 11Surdo de terceiraHighest surdos plays more complex, syncopated rhythm, adding swing
- 12Caixa functionPlays faster rhythms - variation is created with accents
- 13Call responseLed by the repinique which plays a solo which is answered by the rest of the bateria.
- 14Apito de sambaPlayed by the leader and has two tones. It is used to set the tempo and indicates section changes.
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- GCSE Music Flashcards on Samba , created by Leanne Painter on 07/02/2021.
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