As I said earlier, there are certainly many different styles of samba. These types include samba caranavalesca, samba-enredo, samba baiana, samba-lenco, samba rural, samba de morro, samba da cidade, samba de terreiro, samba de breque, samba de partido-alto, samba corrido, samba-cancao, and samba-choro, to name a few. A distinction was made between hill and city samba somewhere in the 1930s. People that were considered middle class within urban areas began to like this new rhythm that they were hearing. Styles of samba from the hills were typically used by those in the lower classes that lived in shantytowns or favelas. These styles included all forms of carnival samba (samba carnabalesco, samba baiana, and samba-enredo), samba de terreiro,
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It has been identified with Afro-Brazilian expressive urban culture. As I said before, black composer Donga (Ernesto dos Santos) was responsible for the first recorded samba called “Pelo Telefone”. Contributions to the urban genre of samba were also made by Sinho (called the King of Samba) and Caninha in the 1920s. Both were black musicians. A black composer named Pxinguinha, however, had the greatest influence of popularizing the urban samba among various social classes in the 1920s and 1930s. With a percussive ensemble and more traditional responsorial singing, samba of the slums (i.e. samba de morro) was very similar to folk samba. Batucada developed out of this as well and was associated with samba …show more content…
These are big drums that are used to mark the beat. A repinique is a samba kettle drum. It is very lightweight and has nylon skins on both ends. The very best samba repiniques are made out of aluminum. They are made this way for sound quality as well as lightness. These can also be made from iron and wood. When it is played in Rio samba, it is played with one wooden stick while the other hand is slapping the drum. It should have only eight singular struts. If there are any more than that it would deaden the sound and also would not allow for enough room for the other hand to slap the drum. The timba is a drum constructed out of fiberglass, metal or wood. There is a plastic head on one end, otherwise known as a marching drum. Timbas for adults are generally seventy or ninety centimeters deep. It is played in the upright position with plastic flexible whippy sticks or drumsticks. It can also be played by hand. This is often heard in styles of samba from North Eastern Brazil, such as samba reggae. Despite the fact that this is often used, it almost became obsolete in Brazil at one point. It wasn’t until Carlinhos Brown reinvented it to be used in his band Timbalada in the 1980s that it became popular
It has been identified with Afro-Brazilian expressive urban culture. As I said before, black composer Donga (Ernesto dos Santos) was responsible for the first recorded samba called “Pelo Telefone”. Contributions to the urban genre of samba were also made by Sinho (called the King of Samba) and Caninha in the 1920s. Both were black musicians. A black composer named Pxinguinha, however, had the greatest influence of popularizing the urban samba among various social classes in the 1920s and 1930s. With a percussive ensemble and more traditional responsorial singing, samba of the slums (i.e. samba de morro) was very similar to folk samba. Batucada developed out of this as well and was associated with samba …show more content…
These are big drums that are used to mark the beat. A repinique is a samba kettle drum. It is very lightweight and has nylon skins on both ends. The very best samba repiniques are made out of aluminum. They are made this way for sound quality as well as lightness. These can also be made from iron and wood. When it is played in Rio samba, it is played with one wooden stick while the other hand is slapping the drum. It should have only eight singular struts. If there are any more than that it would deaden the sound and also would not allow for enough room for the other hand to slap the drum. The timba is a drum constructed out of fiberglass, metal or wood. There is a plastic head on one end, otherwise known as a marching drum. Timbas for adults are generally seventy or ninety centimeters deep. It is played in the upright position with plastic flexible whippy sticks or drumsticks. It can also be played by hand. This is often heard in styles of samba from North Eastern Brazil, such as samba reggae. Despite the fact that this is often used, it almost became obsolete in Brazil at one point. It wasn’t until Carlinhos Brown reinvented it to be used in his band Timbalada in the 1980s that it became popular