Good beginners video. For non players it will take at least 2 years to get this down. For a total beginner I would start on the Agogo to get a feel for the music.You can move to the tamborim from there for simple stuff but to play it well it is extremely hard as its is always played on attack like a machine gun. From there move to the 2nd Surdo and learn to respond to the 1st Surdo. Then learn the 1st Surdo because then you will know where the 2 & 4 (beats) are, the heartbeat of Samba, its tough, Then move to the 3rd Surdo so you can swing the band. After that move to the caxia, thats a whole different realm as you need to learn stick dexterity. Also the caixa ride is what is unique for each bateria. And after you have learned it all move to the Repinique. This is the instrument that allows you to lead the band, It is difficult to play and very hard on the hands. Good luck.
What confuses some people is that the first surdo plays on the second beat and the second surdo plays on the first beat but in the intro the first surdo plays first on the second beat of the first measure. Also in western music the bass drum is usually played on the one and the three so when listening to samba they hear it as if the second beat was the first. As a result they hear the caxia pattern and the third surdo as reversed. It took me years to figure it all out by listening to recordings with no lessons.
It has to do with the history of samba. In the early days of samba there was only one surdo and he was played on the second beat. Later they added the second or contra surdo and this one answered the first surdo by playing on the first beat. I know it is confusing, but that is why the first surdo plays on the second beat. Most of the time this surdo is tuned lower, but there are some samba schools that tune the second surdo lower. I wish you good luck!
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Good beginners video. For non players it will take at least 2 years to get this down.
For a total beginner I would start on the Agogo to get a feel for the music.You can move to the tamborim from there for simple stuff but to play it well it is extremely hard as its is always played on attack like a machine gun.
From there move to the 2nd Surdo and learn to respond to the 1st Surdo. Then learn the 1st Surdo because then you will know where the 2 & 4 (beats) are, the heartbeat of Samba, its tough, Then move to the 3rd Surdo so you can swing the band.
After that move to the caxia, thats a whole different realm as you need to learn stick dexterity. Also the caixa ride is what is unique for each bateria. And after you have learned it all move to the Repinique. This is the instrument that allows you to lead the band, It is difficult to play and very hard on the hands. Good luck.
What confuses some people is that the first surdo plays on the second beat and the second surdo plays on the first beat but in the intro the first surdo plays first on the second beat of the first measure. Also in western music the bass drum is usually played on the one and the three so when listening to samba they hear it as if the second beat was the first. As a result they hear the caxia pattern and the third surdo as reversed. It took me years to figure it all out by listening to recordings with no lessons.
It has to do with the history of samba. In the early days of samba there was only one surdo and he was played on the second beat. Later they added the second or contra surdo and this one answered the first surdo by playing on the first beat. I know it is confusing, but that is why the first surdo plays on the second beat. Most of the time this surdo is tuned lower, but there are some samba schools that tune the second surdo lower. I wish you good luck!