Grooves do Brasil (literally Grooves of Brazil) is designed to give drummers a great introduction to the unique flavor of Brazilian music. Renowned drummer Duda Moura introduces each style along with native instrument transcriptions and then shows the reader how to apply these grooves around the drumkit.
All the examples are clearly notated and demonstrated in real time on the accompanying audio CD by Duda and his band. Each track is presented both with and without the drum part so the student can play along with the band!
This book is the perfect companion for drummers looking to expand their current knowledge of Brazilian drumming and a good starting point for those who simply want to know how to play a bossa nova or a samba.
Styles covered
in this book include:
Bossa Nova
Xote
Traditional Samba
Samba-Funk,
Samba-Rock
Samba-Reggae
Batucada
Baião
Ijexá
Arrasta Pé/Galope
Frevo
Duda Moura
Born in São Paulo in the southeast of Brazil, Duda Moura has appeared in a variety of studio and live settings with artists such as Maria Creuza, Vania Abreu, Paulinho Boca de Cantor, Daniela Mercury, Carlinhos Brown, Monica Salmaso, El Batukàda, and Toquinho. He has appeared on Globo Television with Ivete Sangalo, Bezerra da Silva, Fagner, Elba Ramalho, and many others.
"Pure Brazilian Beats" is the title of his sampling CD of Brazilian rhythms, released in 2002 by Zero-G for worldwide distribution. He is also the author of two other drum books, “Bateria Ouvir & Tocar,” Volumes 1 and 2.
Currently Duda leads a contemporary Brazilian jazz quartet called “Double Duo” along with saxophonist Amilcar Lobosco and teaches drumming in a social project for youths called Projeto Guri, in addition to Brazilian drumming clinics and workshops in and around the city of São Paulo.