- Batucada
Batucada is a substyle of
samba and refers to an African influencedBrazil ian percussive style, usually performed by an ensemble. It is considered by some to be the epitome of the percussive ensemble. Batucada is characterized by its repetitive style and fast pace.The wide variety of instruments used in a batucada include:
*repinique , a high-pitched tom-tom whose player is traditionally the leader of the ensemble.
*surdo , a large drum with an average size of 50 cm in diameter. It provides the downbeat, the bass downbeat of the rhythm. When only one surdo is playing, it accentuates the 2nd and 4th beat of every measure. When a second surdo is playing, it is tuned slightly higher and is played accentuating the first and third beats of the measure.
*tamborim , a small drum usually played with a stick or a multi-pronged plastic beater.
*bells (agogô , bongo, and cowbell)
*shakers (Ganzá ,Afuche , andMaracas ) of various types.
*caixa , a thin snare drum.
*cuica , a single headed drum with a stick mounted inside the drum body, perpendicular to the head. The instrument is played by rubbing a damp cloth along the length of this stick, while pressing the head of the drum with a finger or thumb. The closer to the stick the finger is pressed, the higher the pitch of the sound is produced. The cuica creates a unique sound, which can sometimes sound like a human voice.
*timba, a long drum that is used to produce low tones in the ensemble. It is usually played with one hand on the head, and the other beating the body of the drum.
*pandeiro , similar to atambourine and played elaborately with the hand. Unlike the tambourine, the pandeiro can be tuned.
*reco-reco (known in Spanish as theguiro ), a usually hollow wooden instrument with a ridged exterior surface that is scraped with a stick.
*apito , a small woodenwhistle .Trivia
The song
The Obvious Child fromPaul Simon ´s albumThe Rhythm of the Saints is an example of the sound of the Samba-Afro style, exemplified by the Bahian groupOlodum .Also the song
El Matador fromLos Fabulosos Cadillacs is an example of a batucada.Sergio Mendes and Brazil'66 not only utilized this sound, but also recorded a song by the same name.External links
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* [http://www.brasilando.com/index.php?language=en Brasilando.com]
* [http://www.worldsamba.org World Samba Home Page]
* [http://sambistas.online.fr/en-france/index.php?title=Main_page Samba in France]
* [http://sambistas.online.fr/en-france/index.php?title=Definitions One of the first formal definitions (1997)]
* [http://www.batucada-nana.com/ Samba in the USA]
* [http://www.afm.co.il/amazonas/ Samba in Israel]
* [http://www.andreabrasilmadrid.es/ Batucada in Madrid (Spain)]Well Known Batucada Groups
*Batucada Sin Nombre
www.myspace.com/batucadasinnombre
* [http://www.sambacho.com Samb'acho batucada]
* [http://www.batucadafeitico.com batucada feitico]
* [http://www.myspace.com/grupofeiticodepepecarioca batucada pepe carioca]
*Sarabanda
*Francisco Lopez
*Brazilon
*La Banda Blanca
*Teiquirisi! Batucada (info: www.myspace.com/teiquirisi_pr / Facebook: Fans de Teiquirisi!)
*Zacatum info: www.zacatum.org
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