The Brazilian Groove Book (book/Video Online)

Publisher: Hudson Music
The Brazilian Groove Book - Samba & Bossa Nova
Online Audio & Video Included

Kiko Freitas shares his expertise and love of the rhythms of his home country of Brazil in this inspiring and enlightening look at samba.
Starting with a breakdown of the layers of samba, Kiko presents independence ideas using tamborim rhythms, batucada patterns, left hand and left foot independence concepts, odd-meter tamborim rhythms, and an approach to the samba snare drum.
From there the material expands to include partido alto, using the brushes in samba, samba/funk, and samba school concepts. The book concludes with polyrhythmic ideas applied to samba. All of the content is explained in detail, accompanied by Kiko's special method of vocalizing rhythms during practice.

The package includes over 115 videos covering dozens of the examples and variations in the book, plus 4 play-along tracks.