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Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset (Book & CD)

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I am not a drumset player (Yet !) but I'm interested in the rhythms of the world and Brazilian Rhythms are Fantastic, this book is quite good, it has sections on Samba, Bossa Nova, Baiao, Maracatu, Marca and Frevo, and patterns in odd meters.

The book starts with a short introduction on Brazilian music and then explaines the traditional Rhythms and the traditional Brazilian instruments and then demonstrates how to apply those rhythms to the drumset, the book comes with two C.D's which demonstrated most of the musical samples in the book.

Great book for drumset players and ALSO for those who want to understand Brazilian Rhythms.

Also recomended are Airto Moreiras great Videos, C,D's and books, and see also Brazilian Percussion Manual by Daniel Sabanovich and Brazilan Music Workshop by Antonio Adolfo.

For other types of rhythms check out these authors, Alan Dworsky, Reinhart Flatichler, Sule Greg Vilson, Yaya Diallo, Peter Magadini, Robert Starer and Gary Hess.

This book is for anyone interested in Brazilian music, a solid and extremely valuable contribution to all musicians ; This book is plenty of great and helpful informations from Samba, Partido Alto, bossa Nova, Baiao, Caterete, Maracatu, Marcha, Frevo ... to History's Brazil ( Religious music, ritual, carnaval ... ) or traditional musical instruments. At the end of the book, you can find a glossary, discography and bibliography wich are very interesting ; It will help you to understand the complexity of Brazilians rhythms and explain the influences of the musical history. The book is clear, nice, beautiful, not too big and complicated to understand, with 2 CDs for listening the differents paterns, highly recommended ! I enjoy it every day ! Emilio Leroy ( France - Dordogne ).