Samba music
Highly syncopated, lively Brazilian dance. music has no set structure and follows a series of signals from the lead A double headed Brazilian drum, often used in samba music. player. The signals are often played on a whistle called the Whistle played by the leader of a samba band. . All the players learn their parts aurally and will often use words to help them memorise the rhythms. These rhythms are layered on top of each other to create a Conflicting rhythms being played at the same time. texture.
There will be a main section of A repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern. In film music an ostinato can create energy, excitement or tension. layered on top of each other, which returns throughout a piece. This is known as the Main rhythmic section of a samba piece similar to a chorus.. The music might include solo sections, Where one melody is answered by another. and sections played in Two parts with matching rhythms and pitch or played in octaves..
A cuban rhythm heard in jazz which is sometimes described as a 3 - 2 rhythm owing to the three augmented strikes, then two faster strikes. is an important rhythm in samba music. It is a rhythm that cuts across the four beats in the first bar and is played on the second and third beat in the second bar. This An effect created when two or more conflicting rhythms are heard at the same time. Eg one may be in simple time and another in triple time. is completed by Offbeat rhythms. the placing of notes in the first bar.