Brazilian Coordination for Drumset: Drums: Instrumental Tutor

Percussionist Maria Martinez discloses the secrets of the Brazian rhythmic style in this exciting and vibrant tutorial. Performances include solos live band footage and hand percussion demonstrations. Styles covered include the Bossa Nova Samba Partido Ato and Baiao. Martinez discusses in-depth how to approach unusual time signatures authentic rhythm phrasing coordination and how to achieve the best in improvisation.

This book will enable you to develop the necessary co-ordination with which to play in a variety of Brazilian musical styles. By combining ostinatos with a series of progressive co-ordination studies it provides challengingmaterial from drummers at all levels. The accompanying CD contains demo and play-along tracks in the popular Bossa Nova Samba Baiao and Partido styles which are often played in 'Latin Jazz' settings. Practising with theplay=along track will help you get the feel of the rhythmic style and also help you learn to lock in with other musicians.