Batucada 'X' resource page - Samba Ottawa

About the song

A batucada with many breaks

Breaks are usually signalled by the apito, with or without hand signals.

Here are some versions of Batucada 'X' - some have different breaks etc.

Patterns

Tamborim: 'Yes, Please, Mama!

Yes please mama

Agogo

Batucada X agogo pattern

Here are some backing tracks to play along with:

Entrada

The entrada for Batucada 'X' is a call-and-response. Here are a couple of versions:

Qwikstart entrada

Just a quick call - the very end of the full entrada - from the repenique, then everyone does the samba.

Here's the Qwikstart played 4 times in a row, to practice along with.

Here Comes the Judge

Signal: blasts on apito: 'Here Comes The Judge, Here Comes The Judge!'

Taken from the old Shorty Long funk piece.

Here are some versions:

Add: Video: 'Here Comes The Judge' recorded at Vankleek Hill 2010

Here comes the judge part 1

Here comes the judge part 2

Love The One You're With

This break came from the old Stev Stills song 'Love the One You're With.'. In the middle, there's a stop, where they all sing "dit doo, dit doo, dit doo di dit" a couple of times. That's this break.

Signal: blasts on apito: "dit doo, dit doo, dit doo di dit".

Add video: Love The One You're With

Love the one you're with

Here's a few versions:

Slow Groove

Signal: 4 simple blasts on apito.

This break is introduced by 4 beats on the agogos, which is repeated every time the pattern comes around. The main rhythm is based on the old samba 'partido alto' rhythm. The repenique then plays the quickstart chamada and we're back into the samba groove.

Add video: Slow Groove

Slow Groove

Here's some backing versions to play along with. We usually play this at the medium pace:

Here's a live version of the 'Slow Groove' break:

Surdo Conversation #1

Here one version:

Surdo Machine

Here are some backing tracks to play along with at different speeds:

Here's a studio version of the Surdo Machine break, without the tamborim & agogo patterns on top:

Alegria

Add video: Alegria break

Alegria break

Here's a live version of the Alegria break:

Solooo (solo)

Signal: Apito two blasts: High, Low ("So lo")

Solo break

Here are some llive versions:

Funk breaks O, 1, 2 & 3

funk signal

Here are some versions of all 4 Funk breaks, in order:

Add video: Funk 0

Funk zero

funk 1 signal

Add video: Funk 1

Add video: Funk 2

Add video: Funk 3

Finnnish

Signal: Apito: (High): dit-dit, dit dit-dit

Here's an example:

Retired breaks

Batucada 'X' - selection (mp3, 1.29MB) One of the first pieces we ever put together. This clip includes the retired 'duelling agogos' break and fabulous 'tumbling dustbins' ending. Enjoy!