Latin / Brazilian · hard · 100 BPM
Samba Drum Beat
A drumset samba built around the surdo bass-drum pulse that accents the second of each beat-pair, with the snare ghosting the agogo/clave feel and a constant shaker pulse. It is fast, churning, and forward-leaning, the engine of Carnival. The kick carrying the surdo 'low on the and' is what makes it swing as samba rather than march.
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What this teaches
Teaches the displaced surdo bass-drum accent and dense sixteenth-note foot control at speed.
Heard in
- Mas Que Nada - Jorge Ben
- Aquarela do Brasil (Brazil) - Ary Barroso