Brazilian Coordination For Drumset

Get the “Brazilian Vibe” injected into your drum playing! Latin Music superstar Maria Martinez reveals her Revolutionary Studies for Brazilian Rhythms in this classic Hal Leonard video series. You’ll learn Coordination, Improvisation, and Feel, expanding your drum vocabulary with a vast array of Latin Drumset Grooves and Solos.

Videos

• Introduction (03:54) - Maria Martinez and the band starts us off with a Brazilian styled groove.

• The Bossa Nova (08:27) - Maria discusses everything from stick size that creates the Bossa Nova sound, to improvising phrases and figuring out our own rhythms. You will also be looking at our PDF booklet and learning these grooves from the inside out.

• The Samba Pt. 1 (07:37) - This style is played in 2/2 or cut time. Learn what this means and get a tradition feel for the style.

• The Samba Pt. 2 (08:23) - Maria discusses the ride cymbal and how she approaches it in Samba music and gives a great performance showing us how it all sounds.

• The Samba Pt. 3 (09:18) - We explore some grooves being played in odd meters like 3/4 or 7/4 and learn how to count in these signatures. Maria unleashes some great advice that will help you practice and construct your coordination.

• The Baiao (06:26) - Different from the Samba, the Baiao shares some of the same guidelines and time signatures. We jump into the fast paced patterns and quickly learn how to understand them. We also get the band on this one as they demonstrate the places the Baiao will go.

• The Partido Alto (10:29) - This is sometimes referred to as "Funk-Samba". The Partrido Alto is sometimes played as an intro part to a song or a bridge and Maria shows us how to bounce between the styles and then return to your original rhythm. We also get one more performance by the whole band.