Our Samba Batucada

We composed our own arrangement of Samba Batucada and performed it at Musicale 2011. We used many traditional instruments but also added some contemporary intruments to create interest and contrast. The different range of instruments also created a different sound in the Samba which was relevant to todays contemporary society.

Tone Colour:
Instruments Used:

• Timpani-deep, heavy, hollow sound
• Congas
• Bongos
• Snare Drum with snare off-higher and less nuffled sound than a snare drum with the snare on
• Piccolo Snare Drum-higher and not muffled sound compared to the snare drum because the piccolo is a smaller drum, meaning it has a higher pitch
• Agogo Bells-tinny sound
• Cowbell-tinny sound similar to Agogo bells but the sound is deeper
• Djembe-has three different sounds, but generally sounds bouncy and joyful
• Egg Shakers
• Guiro-rough sound as the guiro stick runs along the ridged edge of the guiro
• Cajon-slightly muffled

The Timpani, Egg Shakers, Guiro, Piccolo Snare Drum and Agogo Bells were the original instruments used, however we added in many other modern instruments.

Texture:

• The texture is polyphonic as there are many layers of sound of equal importance. However, the call and response section is homophonic as there are two layers of sound; the caller and the responders.The was only one caller and the rest of the class responded. This created the main textural change, hence creating interest, and increasing the dynamics and musical layers.

Structure:

• Call and Reponse Intro
• Samba-everyone in
• Pause
• Call and Response
• Samba-everyone in
• Accelerated Outro
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