Swing do Pelo

This pieces is heavily built around a 3-2 clave pattern. No tamborims, no agogos, lots of surdos and claves, shakers and caixas! Alternatively, agogos and tamborims can play 3-2 clave rhythm.

Introduction

The repenique starts a 3-2 clave pattern, after a few bars, the claves enter, then shakers, then caixas, and then the surdos.

Here's the basic rhythm, showing the surdos against the 3-2 clave:

Here's a version to play along with: Basic Swing do Pelo rhythm (1.3MB 1m 8sec).

Break: 1, 2, 3, 4!

A version of the break we used to play with the Maracatu rhythm.

Break: Toyota Car

(Not active as of August 31, 2011)

A version of the break we used to play with the Maracatu rhythm.

Vocalization we use:

Listen, listen, listen
I want another car
A Toyota car?
A Toyota car!
I want another (car)

(car) is the first beat of the main pattern, so it takes us out of the break.

Break 2

New break, introduced August 31, 2011.  Layered section, listen to the audio tracks for examples.

Break 3

New break, introduced August 31, 2011.  Another layered section, listen to the audio tracks for examples.

Finish

'Shave-and-a-haircut - thank you!' or (North American version?) 'Shave-and-a-haircut - two bits!'.

Audio

Here's a couple of tracks from Swing do Pelo which inspired this piece. 

Toque Pavango (MP3 5MB)

Ritmo da Levada (MP3 2.6MB)

New tracks added September 4, 2011

Swing Do Pelo, Break 2  (MP3 1.3 MB)

Swing Do Pelo, Break 2 - Surdo and Agogo (MP3 320kB)

Swing Do Pelo, Break 3 (MP3 1.0 MB)

Swing Do Pelo, Break 3 - Caixas (MP3 474 kB)

Swing Do Pelo, Break 3 - Surdo (MP3 326 kB)

Swing Do Pelo - All Breaks! (MP3 7.3MB)