Samba instrument

Interesting fact about the rhythm section of a samba school (Batelia da escola de samba)

l   The samba school’s drum section, or bateria, is composed of more than 50 drummers

l   They primarily play samba, but the rhythms they play are not exclusive to Rio.

l   Common samba is characterized by 2 and 4 beats, one muted and one main. The cavaquinho, a very important instrument that served as a precursor to the ukulele, links the harmony and rhythm sections of common samba music. Most of the percussion is provided by tambourine drums that feature prominently in Samba music.

Sources:

http://www.austinsambaschool.com/drums/

http://www.extremedancesport.com/our_programs/dance_styles/ballroom/samba/samba.html

 

About favorite samba percussion instrument

My favorite samba percussion instrument is tambourine,

because it is very difficult, but it is very fun.

It needs to move my hand softly and I want to manage it.

The tambourine is a usical instrument  in the percussion family 

and it is the smallest of all drums within a Samba-School drum section

and also lights, but it has a distinct sound.

It constructed from a frame (often of wood or plastic) with

pairs of small metal jingle, called "zils".

We can hit the head with great skill,

using an aggregate of taps, slaps, rim shots and rolls to make sounds.

In samba it is used to highlight the strongest parts of a tune,

providing punctuation for the melody.

 

It often used with regular percussion sets and they can be mounted, but position is largely down to preference. It much used in bands playing many distinct styles of Brazilian music, in Samba Schools and in Capoeira.

 

Sources:

http://tambourinepercussioninstrument.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/what-instruments-are-found-in-a-samba-band-brazilian-percussion-instruments/

http://www.brazilcarnival.com.br/culture/drum-samba-instruments-from-brazil

Art With Nature

Title: Peace Circle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Title: Peace Park

 

It is a tree and peace dove.

 

I used leafs, white and orange flowers, rocks and twigs.

I decided to make a tree with peace dove, because
save nature is very important and I think 
nature is related with peace.

 

I made peace dove with white flowers and grand and tree.

 

I made a circle with peace dove, because I thought it will be more arranged and organized, and also I thought  if it had similarity between first one and second one, it will be better.

Art - MOVIE -

Today we presented our movie and our sketch book.

Also we saw other group’s work.

 

Sketch Book:

We showed and explained “Brain storm page”,

 “story board”, “planning page”, “process page” and "

evaluation page”.

Brain Storm page is about brave, confidents.

The story board page is about story of our movie,

and planning page is about plan,

for example what we are going to use and how to make it.

Process page is about steps that the way we make movie.

Evaluation page is about our projects and

I wrote WWW (What Went Well), EBI (even Better if)

and problem and how to solve it.

 

Other Group’s work:

We saw 3 other movie today that other group made.

I think all movies are very interesting and it very different.

I surprised that we could made completely different one

even though we have the same theme.

I also thought that the one which made from 3D material is

very interesting and fun, because

they used camera angle well and back music is very effectively.

The movie which was made by Maria’s group was also

very simple but it was very nice.

 

 

 

Process Page 4

Today, we edited our pictures.
We added musics and think about timing.
It was difficult to fix music, because
we have to choose music that related to picture or scene.
we chose a sound like airplane and dramatic action.



The problem is that we could not finish
editting process.
We need to record our voice and put it in our movie,
so we have to do it in break or lunch time.

Process Page3

Today, we edited our pictures.
We could not find the movie that we made last lesson,
so we decided to make new one.
We made last lesson, so we could make easier and faster.

Here are some pictures that we took last lesson and 2 weeks ago:

I think if I use pen fo background, it will be more clear
and also if we make face expression,
it will become more interesting.

Process page2

Today, we were going to take photos and

edit our photos that we took last lesson and today.

The first half, we took photos and it was little bit difficult,

because the lights and direction should be the same as last lesson

as we did, and also it was difficult to make objects move.

The other half, we did editing. We used Angela’s laptop

and it was very diificult to edit, because

I have not made a movie before.  In the editing,

we had a problem. We zoomed each photo and we can’t change it.

The next lesson, we will edit again and also

we are thinking about ending and if we have time,

we will take photos for the ending.

Music evaluation

I chose a Japanese pop rock band called Aqua timez and

the song that I chose is Isshouseishun (一生青春).

It means “Lifetime youth”. Album from this song was taken and

release in August 24, 2005.

The name of album is “Soraippainikanaderuinori” (空いっぱいに奏でる祈り)

and it is their debut album. I like this song very much,

because I like lyrics a lot and melody is very memorable.

About this song

Instrument that they use are Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard and drums. It is a high tempo and very rhythmical song, so if you listen this song, you can get power and also it is memorable especially Chorus part.

Mood

It relate to the mood of the song. It is a very cheerful song and high tempo, so we can get power and it makes you become positive.

Structure

 

This song’s structure is Instrumental riff, Verse1, Chorus, Instrumental, Verse2, Chorus, Bridge, Chorus, Instrumental riff. In the riff, they are using keyboards, guitar and bass and drums. Fist, keyboard, guitar and bass start to play, and then drums starts play.

Hook

This song has a hook. If it translates to English, it becomes “the new world when stepping toward a leg” and “child”. It repeats 2times each. The first one is from chorus, and second one is from verse1 and 2.

 

Was it hit?

It was used in commercial and it has a music video, but it is not famous, because they released 2005 and in that time, they were not famous.

 

Message and story

I think this song say that “let’s step forward one step like when you were child. If we live like that, your life becomes more fun”. The message of the song was delivered in an effective way, for example they use title and lyric effectively.

 

 

This is a song that i chose:

This is a video that they playing the other song:

Sources

http://mrnogaramusic.wordpress.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXV3TWc6-Co&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ycEx4YXZiQ&feature=related

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Timez