LA samba bateria forming (update)

Forwarded email:

World-famous drummer Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro is teaching percussion downtown this summer.
The bateria is taking great shape and we're expanding classes to 3 nights a week! Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays at 8:30PM through Sept 5, with a big performance planned for September 5. It's all free. We hope to recruit the best players around LA to make a fantastic batucada. This is a great opportunity to meet new sambistas from around town and sharpen your playing. Please forward this email to all Brazilian percussionists and dancers you know. (For dancers, there's a great dance studio to rehearse in, with full length mirrors and a sprung floor.) Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays 8:30PMRoybal Learning Center1200 W Colton StreetLos Angeles, CA 90026 Bring a drum, and come have fun. It's part of LA's Summer Night Lights program. It's downtown, where the 101 meets the 110. Closest large intersection is W Temple and N Beaudry. There's street parking on Colton, and the entrance is on Colton. We rehearse in the dance studio next to the gym (people
can direct you). Please let me know if you have any questions. Rog-- pearubu@yahoo.com

New facebook group for new yorkers

Looking for a centralized place to learn more about Brazilian events in NYC? Here are 2:

On twitter, have a look at
www.twitter.com/nybrazilgig

A new page on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/BrazilNYC/23917795811

Free samba batucada classes in LA

From the mailbag! Forwarded message:

Please forward this email to all Brazilian percussionists and dancers you know. (For dancers, there's a great dance studio to rehearse in, with full length mirrors and a sprung floor.)

Wednesdays 7:30PM
Roybal Learning Center
1200 W Colton Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Bring a drum, and come have fun.

It's downtown, where the 101 meets the 110. Closest large intersection is W Temple and N Beaudry. There's street parking on Colton, and the entrance is on Colton. We rehearse in the dance studio next to the gym (people can direct you).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Rog
pearubu@yahoo.com

common rhythmic patterns for Brazilian and latin music

The mystery of Brazilian rhythms is really in the subtle "swing" of the players. But the basic rhythmic patterns can be understood easily enough by anyone. Here are some common ones are collected in an easily read format:

UK Samba claves page

And to these I would add baiao:

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