AOS 3: RotW - Samba

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

• Brazilian dance music
• Originates with African slaves in Brazil from the 16th to 19th century
• Major part of Brazilian carnivals such as the famous Rio Carnival
• There are Samba schools which are much larger groups of musicians and dancers, dominated by the percussion section called the bateria.

Question 2

Key words + definitions:

• Bateria
• Call and Response
• Accents (notes)
• Texture
• Syncopation
• Bactucada

Answer 2

• The rhythm section or percussion band in a samba school
• A phrase or rhythm played by one instrument that is responded to with a linked phrase by the other instruments
• Gives the note extra emphasis
• The layering of different musical parts or ideas
• A note being played ‘off-beat’ causing a section or the whole piece off-beat
• An up-tempo rhythm found in the Rio Carnival

Question 3

Common features

Answer 3

*Polyrhythmic
*Call and Response
*Repition
*Cross-rhythms
*Fast tempo
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Question 4

Instruments

Answer 4

• Surdo
• Caixa
• Repenique
• Cuica
• Tamborim
• Agogo
• Apito