Josh Dekaney, Syracuse University Brazilian Percussion Josh Dekaney, Syracuse University www.joshdekaney.com

Brazil Brazil is the 5th largest country and the 6th economy in the world Diverse country with African, European, and Amerindian cultures “Discovered” in 1500 by Pedro Alvares Cabral started as a colony of Portugal, then became an empire, to a military dictatorship, to a democracy in 1985 slavery ended in 1888

Portuguese Greetings Portuguese Phonetic English Tudo Bem? Too-doo báne? Is everything well? Como Vai? Komo vý How’s it goin’? Obrigado (spoken by male) Oh-bree-gá-do Thank you (spoken by male) Obrigada (spoken by female) Oh-bree-gá-da Thank you (spoken by female) De nada Jee ná-da Your welcome Bom Dia Bone Gee-a Good morning Boa noite Bow-a noychee Good evening/night

Musical Regions North - Amazon rainforest Northeast - Recife, Pernambuco and Salvador, Bahia) Southeast - Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais

North Region Home of the world’s largest and most diverse rain forest Music is influenced by the multiple Amerindian groups populating the Amazon region over 700,000 Indians still alive today

Maracatu Northeast Region - Recife, Pernambuco Parades in Carnival in Nações “Nations” most ancient of Brazil’s rhythms dating to the 1660s and the crowning ceremonies of the African kings Different styles of maracatu: baque virado, baque de martelo, baque de parada

Maracatu Abê Caixa Gongue Alfaia Mestre Jorge Martins Nação Estrela Brilhante Gongue Alfaia

Nagô, Nagô a nossa rainha ja se coroou

Samba-Reggae Northeast Region - Salvador, Bahia Samba-Reggae, Axé (Afro-Blocos, Trio Elétricos) Artists: Timbalada, Araketu, Ivete Sangalo, Olodum, Daniela Mercury, Araketu Styles: Baião, Forró, Samba de Roda, Côco

Salvador, Bahia

Samba Reggae Instruments Tarol Surdo worn around the waist and played with two mallets Timbau played with the hands Repenique worn around the waist played with two long sticks called virme

Forró Zabumba Triângulo Agogó Acordeon

Capoeira Northeast Region - Salvador, Bahia Capoeira Angola (traditional and closer to the ground) Capoeira Regional (more acrobatic and modern)

berimbau - viola, medio, and gunga Capoeira instruments pandeiro caxixi, moeda, and stick berimbau - viola, medio, and gunga atabaques and conga

Paranaue Paranaue, Paranaue Parana Eu vou dizer ao meu senhor que a manteiga derramou

Escolas de Samba “Samba Schools” Southeast Region - Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Samba instruments Caixa Cuíca Pandeiro Tarol Chocalhos Agogô Repenique -played with one stick and one hand Surdo -played with one mallet/one hand Agogô

Pagode instruments Rebolo Tamborim Tan-Tan Repique de Mão Pandeiro

Choro cavaquinho mandolin Brazilian ragtime music from the late 19th century Choro is often played with pandeiro, clarinet or saxophone, flute, mandolin, guitar, or cavaquinho cavaquinho mandolin

Books Brazilian Percussion and Drumset Historical Background Gilson de Assis. Brazilian Percussion. Advance Music Duduka da Fonseca & Bob Weiner. Brazilian Rhythms for Drum Set. Drummer’s Collective Series Guilherme Concalves & Odilon Costa. O Batuque Carioca. Luminar publishing Daniel Sabonovich. Brazilian Percussion Manual. Alfred Music Airto Moreira. Airto: The Spirit of Percussion. Nelson Faria & Cliff Korman. Inside the Brazilian Rhythm Section. Sher Music Fryer, Peter. Rhythms of Resistance: African Musical Heritage in Brazil. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 2000. (ML 232 .9 F79 2000) McGowan, Chris and Pessanha, Ricardo. The Brazilian Sound. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1991. (ML 3487 B7 M4 1991) Perrone, Charles A. and Dunn, Christopher. Brazilian Popular Music and Globalization.Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001 (ML 3487 B7 B76 2001) Rohter, Larry. Brazil on the Rise. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan 2012 Brazilian Percussion and Drumset Historical Background

Brazilian percussionists Nana Vasconcellos Airto Moreira Marcos Suzano Carlinhos Brown Dinho Nascimento Jorginho Gomes Cyro Baptista Duduka da Fonseca

Websites www.joshdekaney.com www.pandeiro.com www.espiritodrums.com www.maracatuny.com

Listening albums & artists/groups Samba Os Oito Batutas Pixinguinha Aquarela do Brasil Ary Barroso Samba da Minha Terra Dorival Caymmi Sinal Aberto Toquinho e Paulinho da Viola Alvorecer Clara Nunes Ao vivo-Montreux Festival Beth Carvalho Tá Delícia, Tá Gostoso Martinho da Vila Forró (Baião) O Essencial de Luiz Gonzaga Luiz Gonzaga O Essencial de Dominguinhos Dominguinhos Mestre Ambrósio Mestre Ambrósio Instrumental Music and Jazz Jazz Samba Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz Brazil from the Inside Trio da Paz Academia de Danças Egberto Gismonti Quarteto Novo Hermeto Pascoal Return to Forever Airto Moreira & Flora Purim Fragments Naná Vasconcelos Illusions Eliane Elias Som Brasil Sivuca I Ching Uakti Maracatú Astrolabio tucupira.com.brasil Mawaca Amazônica Amazônica w/ Camerata Cantione Antigua Contaminacão Naná Vasconcellos Samba Nova Chalo Eduardo Nation Beat Maracatuniversal Maracatu New York Maracatu New York with Scott Kettner MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) Livro Caetano Veloso Unplugged Gilberto Gil Brasileiro Sérgio Mendes Cor de Rosa e Carvão Marisa Monte Various Elis Regina Mtv Unplugged Gal Costa Mas que Nada Jorge Benjor Luz Djavan Bossa Nova The man from Ipanema Antonio Carlos Jobim O Mito João Gilberto Black Orfeus Vinícius de Moraes The New Face of Bonfá Luiz Bonfá Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum Samba-Reggae Egíto Madagáscar Olodum Cada Cabeça É Um Mundo Timbalada Sol de Liberdade Daniela Mercury The Rhythm of the Saints Paul Simon Capoeira Capoeira Angola from Salvador, Bahia Smithsonian Folkways Axé Capoeira Mestre Marcos Barrão The Art of the Berimbau François Kokelaere Batucada Rio Carnaval. EarthBeat! 9 42514-2 Capoeira/Batucada. Soul Jazz Records SJRCD37 Brazil Percussions. KAR 978-3004 978 Bateria Nota 10. Compass Rose 3003 714 Batucada Brasileira. ANS 12219-2 Percussions Bresiliennes. LDX 274299