Photo Credit: Agencia FOTO BR - Protected by LawĪlways pulsing in a binary beat (2/4), the Samba-School Drums section - Bateria is a perfect orchestra, formed exclusively by percussion instruments (in samba bands, which are different by nature, brass instruments are permitted. Please see samba bandsdefinition.) The Bateria is not just the combination of several types of percussion instruments, but the distribution of “in leather” sub-groups. Great photo of the Drums Section from Rocinha Samba-School at Rio´s parade. In all systems, the number three is associated to a movement.” Rhythm is the organization of sound in time. And moving to the samba drum beat, the “syncopation”, its main rhythmic characteristic, was clearly inherited from African roots. The roots are notoriously African. Historian Juana Elbei dos Santos in the book “Nagôs e a Morte”, says: “all sound formulation is born as a synthesis, as third element provoked by interaction of two kinds of genitors: the hand or stick beating the leather of the drum, the stick beating the body of the agogo… The resulting sound is the product of a dynamic structure, in which the appearance of the third term creates the movement. A real "super-natural" thrill!Īs we know, samba and the Brazilian Carnaval music have Negro origins. Being next to a full top samba school drum section, with 200, 300 and even 400 percussionists is one experience in life everyone should go through at least once in life. ![]() Some just stare in awe, others cry, others feel the adrenaline running by, each with a different sensation, but never the equal. It is mixture of many emotions, vibrations ( literally ), thrills that make we have those famous goose-bumps. To simplify translation issues, we are using the term ‘Drums Section’ (of a samba-school) for the Brazilian Carnaval term “ Bateria”. In this introductory discussion about the Drums Section, we will go over the following aspects: early days, the samba rhythm, origins of the samba instruments and the distribution of drum section instruments within a Samba-School.īut before we go through the more "technical aspects" of the samba drumming, I have to confess that it is very hard to put in words what we actually feel when we are inside are next to a samba drumming section. This is the energy we will try to describe on these pages below. Likewise, the section in Carnaval events where we find the most powerful energy is surely around the Drums. The rhythm means “the force” is animated, alive, just like the primal rhythms of the past. Following this spirit, the Drums Section defines the existence, flow and conclusion of any parade, event, or rehearsal within Brazilian Carnaval. ![]() ![]() Thus, it follows us through our lives and it stands for the basic assumption of vitality, since when it’s over, life has ended.” In samba and carnaval, the analogy is the same. ![]() Artur da Távola (1936-2008) distinct writer and poet in Brazil once remarked: “the rhythm is definitely the most primitive of our sensorial experiences. Since the first signs of life, still in our mother’s womb, humans start to exist within rhythms: our own fast heart beats and naturally, of our mothers.
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