Samba drums come from Brazil. Congas do not come from Brazil and are not samba drums. Samba drums include surdos, caixas, repiniques, chocalhos, ganzas, repiniques, agogos, pandeiros and cuicas. You can find out more about all of these by clicking on the related link below.
it provides the structure of the piece you are playing :)
In a big samba band of many drummers, the directors blow a whistle to pass signals to the band. A high toned whistle can be heard across all of the drummers. The whistle allows the directors to call peoples attention.
To lead the band
someone who plays samba misic is called a sambista
Even in the loudest music in a samba band you can still hear the clear and sahrp sound of the Agogo Bells.
Samba Pa Ti roughly translates to Solo For You in English. Samba Pa Ti is the name of a song and compilation C.D. by famous guitarist Carlos "Santana."
The most important instrument in a band is the one that sets pitch. Pitch tends to be set by keyboard, be it piano or the synthesizer of rock bands. But some bands may not have keyboard. A rock band without keyboard sets pitch by its lead guitarist. Its drumplayer sets the secondary and tertiary concerns of rhythm and tempo. A strictly brass band sets pitch by its most important instrument, the trumpet. A strictly military band sets pitch by the oboe. A strictly string band sets pitch by the first violin.
Samba De Janeiro! :D
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True samba is from Rio de Janeiro and some styles are samba enredo, pagode. People outside Brazil tend to call all Brazilian music samba though. Other styles that foreigners call samba include Maracatu, samba reggae, and samba funk.
there are mostly percussion instruments like drums and bellsthen there are this wooden flutes and other rare wind instruments.