15 Player Standard Aluminium Samba Group Pack

15 Player Standard Aluminium Samba Pack [V-sams15]
KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 7+ yrs
RRP: £781.00Web: £663.85Edu: £546.70
Weight: 25.00 (kg), Stock: 24

“These products are the most robust instruments we have ever used in school. They take a battering every week from all year groups and still look and sound like the day they were delivered.”- Robert Anderton - Highfields Primary School

15 Player Standard Aluminium Samba Group Pack

Description

Samba playing is accessible to young players from KS1 upwards and will also be a natural development for older pupils at KS3 and KS4 who have played African Drums at KS2. These high quality Aluminium nesting Surdoï¾’s have been specifically designed for serious long-term use in education and are assembled by LTL in their workshops here in the UK. The lightweight aluminium design means these Surdoï¾’s are 25% lighter than anything else on the market while still maintaining a warm Samba sound. Being UK made it makes delivery and service that much quicker and responsive.

The Samba packs all come complete with Andy Gleadhill's brilliant Samba Teaching Guide and CD, written for non-specialist teachers and which will take you and the group from scratch to your first dazzling performance in just 8 weeks.

Packs can be customised with your school colours and logo ï¾– please contact us for details.

Each pack contains:
1 x 16ï¾” Aluminium Nesting Surdo
1 x 14ï¾” Aluminium Nesting Surdo
1 x 12ï¾” Aluminium Nesting Surdo
1 x 10ï¾” Aluminium Repenique
3 x LTL Ego Bell
4 x Medium Ganza
4 x Tamborim
4 x Tamborim Whips
3 x Ego Beaters
3 x Surdo Beaters
4 x Single Slings
1 x Drum Sticks (Pair)
1 x Tri-Tone Whistle
1 x LTL MultiTool
1 x Andy Gleadhill's Samba Guide and CD

How it's Played

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Ganza The Ganza should be held by both hands at the end or in the middle with one hand. To play make forwards and backwards movements with the Ganza Tamborim The Tamborim body should be held in your weakest hand with a playing whip in your strongest hand. To play you strike the head with a playing whip in the centre. Ego Bell The Ego Bell should be held by the handle in your weakest hand with an Ego Beater or Drum stick in you strongest hand. To play Strike the individual bells, or to produce a third sound grip the bells and strike them together Caixa The Caixa is played standing up secured at waist level with a Caixa belt or strap. The Caxia can be played in various styles using drum sticks Repinique The Repinique is played standing up and secured at waist level with a Sling. The Repinique can be played with two drum sticks or a single drum stick and the hand and the sound can be created by striking the drum skin or by striking the rim. Surdos Surdos are played standing up and secured at waist level with a sling. Surdos are played with one or two beaters

Traditionally

Large Surdo (maracao) - this is the largest Surdo. Itï¾’s the one that gives the primary beat everyone concentrates on. Medium Surdo (resposta) - this Surdo sustains the samba rhythm. Small Surdo (cortador) It chimes in between the other Surdos, and adds a swing to the rhythm. Repinique - this is the lead instrument used to control the samba played with two sticks or one stick and a hand. Tamborim - the Tamborim gives the punch and the shape to the samba. Agogo / Ego Bell - this has one of the highest tones in the Samba and adds to the melody. Ganza - used to play a rhythm under the rest of the Samba and add body to the overall sound.

What it goes well with

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Brazilian Samba is particularly fascinating as a World Music style as it has evolved from the mixing of several different musical cultures â€“ A We all recognise the Samba music of the famous carnivals of Rio and Sao Paulo and percussive Sambas played by the fans that travel with the Brazilian football teams but Samba has many other moods and musical styles. In the north of Brazil Samba is heavily influenced by the reggae beats of the Caribbean and in the sprawling suburbs of the cities younger members of Samba schools enjoy incorporating modern Hip Hop and Drum and Bass beats into their Sambas. A wide range of instruments are employed in a Samba band and there are many rhythmic layers blending together to produce intricate syncopated music. Samba is ideal for large group and mixed ability classes as simple and more complicated parts are played together to create the overall sound. As with African music, Samba is usually taught by ear with the pupil listening to instructions and then repeating the music the teachers have been playing. Playing in a Samba ensemble is also an excellent platform for improvisation with plenty of opportunity for individual players to improvise around the Samba's core rhythms.

How it's Made

LTL's Aluminium Surdoï¾’s are rolled and sealed with a single seam. When they've completed a new Surdo it's allowed to rest for 5 days giving the Napa drum head time to settle before they give it a final tuning. The LTL workshop is a temperature controlled environment, so ensuring that they can accurately tune all instruments and maintain the highest quality standards.

How to look after it

The nesting Surdo design is not only great for minimising storage, it also gives protection to the instruments and ensures a minimum amount of pressure is placed on the heads. Be sure to keep the kit dry and away from extremes of temperature.

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15 Player Standard Aluminium Samba Pack

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ALL DRUMS FOR SCHOOLS INSTRUMENTS ARE FULLY GUARANTEED