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Music of South America: Samba - OCRSamba music

Samba is South American music style that is always performed with lots of percussion instruments. Every member of the ensemble has a specific role as the music often involves the layering of different rhythms over each other.

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Samba music

music has no set structure and follows a series of signals from the lead player. The signals are often played on a whistle called the . 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 texture.

There will be a main section of layered on top of each other, which returns throughout a piece. This is known as the . The music might include solo sections, and sections played in .

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 is completed by the placing of notes in the first bar.

The Son Clave rhythm used in Samba music
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The Son Clave rhythm

The percussion instruments in samba

This displays some of the type of percussion instruments that are often found in a samba music ensemble
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This displays some of the type of percussion instruments that are often found in a samba music ensemble