Samba Flashcards
1
Q
Features of samba:
Time signature? Layers? Instruments? Texture? How it follows? Improvised/Relearnt?
A
2/4 or 4/4 rhythm.
Layers of different rhythms (polyrhythmic)
Huge range of percussion instruments.
Call and response.
Led by one player with a whistle and a repinique (the lead drum).
No sheet music: Taught aurally
2
Q
Name all the instruments you could find in Samba.
A
Surdo (pulse drum) Caixa (snare) Repinique Tamborim Agogo Ganza (shaker)
3
Q
Who leads the samba band?
A
The repinique player
4
Q
Give examples for different sections in samba?
A
Ostinato sections
Sections where instruments follow the same rhythm
A solo section for the repinique
A call and response section where instruments copy, or respond to, the rhythms of the repinique.
