I came here to learn samba rhythm, but I'm very tempted to leave a message like this: "MERRY ME!" xD I think you're adorable in your smile, in the way you explain stuff so well, and the way you rock on the drums :D Keep rolling!
Tobiasz!! Thank you for your proposal! Hahahaa…..I really appreciate your sweet comment. So glad you enjoyed my video. XOXO Keep rockin' in the free world! ;)
Thanks, Gina. Your playing is so musical. Great and warm presentation. I really liked your ideas w/ brush and stick. I also admire the props to your former teacher....We rarely, if ever, see this kind of integrity in video lessons.
Gina, you're totally totally wicked! Love that you explain this great AND back it up with your playing. Great polyrhythms. After 30 years of drumming, how come I haven't heard of you? I'll bet your vocals would sound great with any Samba band too. Man, I'm blown away!
Gina I have watched this for a long time.. a year or two.. I didn't have a good drum set at first..any actually.. so w/DIY E set from acoustic.. I now kinda can start to get your lesson.. I do however play congas and i get how to do Latin much easier with my congas.. learning a bunch of Santana and Bob Marley things.. I Heart Samba too.. Thank you.. Hope life is good for you and vice versa.
I was lucky enough to get to watch the pre-show warmup of the Lincoln City Jazz orchestra a few years back. As they were leaving the stage, 3 or 4 of the musicians stayed behind to practice a particularly intricate, fast section. They ran through it a few times, impressing the heck out of me each time. Then one of them said, "Ok, let's try it fast now". I just had to laugh! That's the same feeling I get watching Gina demo these rhythms, and then ramp them to REAL speed. I say I play drums, but there's my kind of drums, and then there are real drummers like Gina! Kudos.
Hi, Gina, I have been a drummer for 35 years and I live in Brazil. Funny, I took some time to understand the Texas shuffle, which I love! We had great samba drummers in the 60's but my country has no memory, unfortunately. You are very friendly and great drummer, congratulations.
The way you broke down the parts on the snare hand-to hand is absolutely the best way to teach this groove/beat! It's been a while since I last played the samba so I needed a refresher - I picked it back up in under an hour with how you've expained and shown on the snare first then on the kit! Thank you! :)
Thank you! Brushing up my latin playing for a show, it's been a long time since I've played these rhythms on drum kit and it's a great help to watch someone play them with such fluidity and such fun :) x
very informative and easy to understand; not to mention that you are also very beautiful and full of positive energy...it's a joy to watch you work. I learn something new every time I watch your videos; thank you and keep them coming...
hey gina hey - this is a very good video ... your method, your way is very natural. i am a rock+roll guitar player 60years old ... and this is the first video which really brought the message home. i can feel and understand the brazilian rhythm now. thanx a lot. chris
Hi Guys!! Thank you for watching! Learn Samba, and spread Happy Vibes across the world through sound and rhythm! :-D
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Hi Gina, it is a nice video, but you need to play samba more lightly, especially the bass drum, otherwise it sounds like a rock. I know the "surdo" is important to the Samba, but "tamborim" clave is the key to the rhythm. Another tip is to avoid using alternating hands to play the tamborim clave as in the minute 2:30. It will sound much better if you do the accents on the right hand and play only the ghosts notes with the left , as in the tambourine. If you look for the consecrated Brazilian drummers, who are making this adaptation of Samba to the drum kit to approximately 100 years, will see that the bass drum does not have that volume and weight. Search for (some in chronological order) Luciano Perrone, Edson Machado, Wilson das Neves, Airto Moreira, Nenê, Tutty Moreno, Marcio Bahia, Celso de Almeida, Edu Ribeiro, Cleber Almeida, Alex Buck, Paulo Almeida.
Thanks Gina! I love your lessons and the beats you did on this one. I never get a chance to play this stuff with a band but it's a lot of fun to play when rehearsing. On another note, do you date guys from You Tube? I've always wanted to date a cute drummer girl like yourself since I'm a handsome drummer boy. :)
This was the best video I could find d to learn the sticking for the middle section of 'Fool In The Rain' by Zeppelin! Thanks so much for a great video. I'm definitely subscribing to your channel. The way you present the lessons is clear and leaves nothing to question. I've been having a hard time finding good instructional videos for drums that aren't rushed or a tad confusing for someone without years of experience or a background in theory.
Thanks Gina. I've been playing Latin in Big Band, and small groups for a long time but never quite had the "layering" effect explained that way. Great job!
I just started learning how to play the snare drum, and my goal is to be able to play brazilian and afro-caribbean rhythms. The traditional marching band-style of playing seems boring and cold, what you show is amazing, as you say, it really makes me want to dance haha. Thank you.
I particularly enjoy your sub-dividing when counting. Also great limb sepration. You sound like you watched a bit of Tony Williams. And very fluid, effortless playing. I could listen to you easily. I have been playing kit since 1962, and use the samba bass drum pattern in the occasional rock patterns that I play.
I had danced modern samba and I love its music, and basically, I know that one of the basic rhythms for this samba has the upper percussion (usually a cowbell, etc.) go "de de, de de, de...de, de DE DE de", and the bass percussion (usually a bass drum) go "boom...bo-boom, boom....bo-boom", assuming these are 2-measure patterns. This is usually for sambas that go about 80 to 100 or a bit more beats per minute to the quarter note in 2/4 time. And I know there are several other samba percussion groove patterns that are different than what you say, because ballroom samba (aka modern samba) uses the samba rhythm, but the rhythm is much slower than the samba percussion rhythm seen at the Rio de Janeiro carnavals.....
Thank you so much for an excellent video explaining all of the different possibilities with samba drumming. Gina, I especially liked the idea of using the brush with the left hand (7:43 for intro and 8:08 for the start of playing). I will have to work through these exercises slowly.
Very interesting Gina. It's good to see a more traditional, authentic Samba explained. American jazz drummers tend to keep the foot ostinatos, but the syncopated hand rhythms are improvised a lot, kind of as in be-bop. I think most completely leave out the surdo accent on 2. I will work to master these so I can further expand my vocabulary. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my God, you are my Dream Girl! Thanks for the vid - I've been playing professionally for 30 odd years and have never bothered to learn a Samba properly. You've inspired me. Thanks for sharing!
Straight cool, got lots of new info here. What a great drummer and what a blessing of an upload! Thanks for this resource of a lesson! Really mean that for whom it may concern!
Thanks for the video! I really enjoy practicing Latin rythms in stead of the same old straight rock rythms. I know some Samba schools play over 140 BPM. In getting that "high speed" feel the right foot seems to be my limiting factor.
Thank you. Your lesson is bookmarked! I really enjoy you style and groove to teaching. The video with you and the singer guy (I'm sorry I forgot his name) was really cool too for a "many style" type of performance. You are one of my favorite drummers to watch which would include the rock standards, Keith Moon at the top and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bill Ward (Sabbath).
EJPersonal Why, thank you so much for your comment! I am happy you dig my teaching style! Thanks!! :) …oh, and Skip Griparis is SO talented…isn't he?? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yb0ERdFpymA.html Thanks! xoxo
very good your swing, I´ am Brazilian and I can say that samba is one of the most difficult rhythms to play because the Brazilian swing ... and you boss well
The batucada fill is also common to do in especially in Carnival samba, and it can be done on the drumset. The rhythm count usually goes "1 E (hold) a 2 E (hold) a 1 and a 2, and then you fire the whistle sound on the "and" of the second 2. The second "1 and a" is actually a triplet. Then, on measures 3 and 4, the whistle continues to sound as the rhythm " (hold) E (hold) a 2 (hold) 1 E (hold) a 2 and...happens. The fill takes 4 measures. Listen to nearly any recording that has the title "batucada" and you will hear this groove in action. Best way to do this is to use both sticks on the snare or on the tom-tom to reinforce the rhythm given above (the best way), or you can alternate the sticking in that rhythm (if the samba is so fast that you cannot do both sticks together).
hello everybody. Hello Gina. So to say one thing important i think (i don't no if you speak about that in your video). When you play, You start your samba rythm at the time 3 and not the first time (like 3-4-1-2....and not 1-2-3-4) Because if people think is the first time all of the rythm will be reverse. (its the tamborim clave) ; )....Good vidéo. viva o samba.
Gina, you're very cheerful, like samba. As a Brazilian I can say that you have the samba in your vein and can already guarantee a place in a samba school batteries! :)
I really like her percussive illustration. Take her time 1 rhythm take. Very well understood. Saleem fusion and Latin Samba mutundo drummer. Thank au So Much.
Hey Gina, cheers from Brazil! That was great, nice feel! I wonder if you happen to know Edison Machado, one of the greatest Brazilian drummers of all time
Hey Jason - I am extremely humbled by that, in fact! But, yes -- it makes me feel great that so many people have watched my videos. It's an honor! :) Thank you for writing, Jason. ;)
Me encantó tu video!! Estuve 1 hora seguida tocando hasta que sonó decente. Las variantes son geniales... pero bueno, poquito a poco. Muchas gracias por compartirlo.
