I'm a drummer who's played caixa in samba bands for a few years, and these videos are incredibly helpful for applying what I know from that to the drumkit. Thanks
Super cool. I learnt the caixa figure from a brasilian drummer who used to say "play each quarter on its own". In the end I figured it out, but it took a while. Your explanation would have spared me a few weeks!! I love your style!! Keep the good stuff going!!
It's curious how few players get this. It made sense when It was explained to me as galope; the galloping of a horse. Edu thanks for giving a great explanation. You nailed it; boiled it down to the science of it. I'm trying to teach it to my son. I can show him this now 😀
No...but I totally get where you are coming from. It's not a flam. What's happening is that the first and last notes of that pattern are farther apart and the two notes in the center are kinda squished together...by fractions. Milliseconds. It's not "on the grid" in the way western musicians and drummers would normally play. Think of it like playing sixteenth notes to match the vocal pattern of "Carol of The Bells." Speed it up slowly and go faster and faster and you'll be closer but not exactly there. I still struggle with it. It's just practice. To make it more complicated, everyone plays with a different swing in samba in the same way the best jazz drummers do...so some sambas swing way harder than others depending on the drummers. Meaning, you can match up with Edu's swing and go play with experienced Brazilian drummers who might swing a bit more or less. Good luck and don't give up. I'm right there with you.
