The step 'Batucada' is a backwards travelling step usually danced in side by side position. It's not a syllabus step, but it's used frequently in Open Samba routines. There also some types that turn, such as the Reverse Box Batucada.
You will find a detailed explanation at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba
It normally has a very thick texture and the pace of the music is fast.
the music notes are structured in a messed up
way so that the rhythm varies between each instrument.
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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.
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.
The main feature of samba is the drums. Drums play traditional samba rhythms that encourage dancing. Samba also engages in songs that tell stories.
No samba is not an instrument. It is a style of Brazilian music and dance. Samba is also the name of a computer language.
drums
Batucada Remix - 2003 TV is rated/received certificates of: USA:PG
Na Batucada da Vida - 2007 TV is rated/received certificates of: Brazil:Livre
Herivelto Martins has: Performed in "Cisne branco" in 1940. Performed in "E o Circo Chegou" in 1940. Performed in "Entra na Farra" in 1941. Performed in "Samba em Berlim" in 1943. Performed in "Berlim na Batucada" in 1944. Performed in "Pif-Paf" in 1945. Performed in "Fogo na Canjica" in 1948. Performed in "Samba na Vila" in 1956. Performed in "Guerra ao Samba" in 1956. Performed in "Um Pirata do Outro Mundo" in 1957.
Silvino Neto has: Performed in "Fazendo Fitas" in 1935. Performed in "24 Horas de Sonho" in 1941. Performed in "Samba em Berlim" in 1943. Performed in "Berlim na Batucada" in 1944. Performed in "Querida Susana" in 1947.
Nilo Chagas has: Performed in "Samba em Berlim" in 1943. Performed in "Berlim na Batucada" in 1944. Performed in "Pif-Paf" in 1945. Performed in "Fogo na Canjica" in 1948. Performed in "Um Pirata do Outro Mundo" in 1957.
Samba's greatest influence on Western music is quite possibly the fusion of "latin jazz". As the name suggests, latin jazz is a blend of latin styles (primarily samba and bossa nova) and Jazz Music. This blend of samba and jazz was made popular by the music of Chuck Mangione.Another possible influence of samba on Western music is the increase in the use of polyrhythms in percussion, especially the drumset. Since the samba bands combine several different percussion instruments all playing different, but usually regular repeating patterns, as samba became more popular in the music of North America drummers had to adapt by approximating the sound of the samba batucada instruments in the drumset (i.e. the surdo was replaced by the bass drum and the repenique was replaced by the snare drum).This style of playing several different, sometimes conflicting, rhythms on the drumset became more common in other types of American music such as rock, fusion and jazz.
The cast of Na Batucada da Vida - 2007 includes: Antonio Carlos Jobim as himself Elis Regina as herself
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.
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.
Flora Matos has: Performed in "Entra na Farra" in 1941. Performed in "Samba em Berlim" in 1943. Performed in "Berlim na Batucada" in 1944. Performed in "Abacaxi azul" in 1944. Performed in "Anjo do Lodo" in 1951. Performed in "Maria da Praia" in 1951.
Edu da Gaita has: Performed in "Samba em Berlim" in 1943. Performed in "Berlim na Batucada" in 1944. Performed in "O Tesouro de Zapata" in 1968. Performed in "A Noite do Meu Bem" in 1968. Performed in "Viver de Morrer" in 1969.