Year 9 - Music
Polyrhythm in batucada
Understanding samba
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces pupils to Samba as a type of Brazilian dance and music, including batucada. They learn the context of the style and about the instruments, ensembles and features of the music, including polyrhythm and develop a Samba-style composition.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create samba polyrhythms.
Key Notes
- Samba is a type of Brazilian dance and music which comes in many forms, one of which is batucada.
- Batucada is often played at celebrations and carnival, and is performed by a percussion ensemble called a bateria.
- The instruments include surdo, caixa, agogo bells, repinique, tamborim and ganzá.
- These instruments all play different rhythms, which combine to create a polyrhythm.
Vocabulary To Learn
- polyrhythm: when many different rhythms play at the same time they create a polyrhythm
- samba: samba is a style of energetic Brazilian dance, or the music that accompanies it
- batucada: batucada is a type of fast-paced samba music performed by a percussion ensemble (bateria)
- surdo: a surdo is a type of bass drum used in batucada
- caixa: a caixa is a type of snare drum used in a batucada
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All of the parts are necessary to make the project work.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Samba is a type of Brazilian dance and music which comes in many forms, one of which is batucada. Batucada is often played at celebrations and carnival, and is performed by a percussion ensemble called a bateria.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'polyrhythm'
when many different rhythms play at the same time they create a polyrhythm.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All of the parts are necessary to make the project work. Correction: Ideally pupils will record in all of the parts of the batucada, but the project will still work successfully with the core ensemble of surdo, caixa and repinique.
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