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

Samba Ottawa playing it at Carleton U 'Drum Parade' March 2011:

Samba Ottawa playing the entire piece at Vankleek Hill (7min 45sec):

Here's just the audio of the entire Batucada X live at Vankleek Hill

The entire front room version of Batucada X

Batucada X live at the Tulip Festival

Tamborim: 'Yes, Please, Mama!

• One of our patterns with a phrase to help you remember it: "Yes please mama, I want cake, mama!"
• When you play it, "mama" is always played with open notes, all the rest are closed. See, easy!
• Play along with the clip

Tamborim

Another patterns with a phrase to help you remember the Agogó part: "Pie right now, I want it right now. I want.."

Agogó

Surdo basic pattern

Here are some tracks to play along with:

- Slow

xxxx

- Medium

- Fast

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

Full entrada - studio version


Full entrada - live at the Tulip Festival

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

NB: Surdos come in with double Primeira pick-up

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

High instruments: "Here comes the judge (surdos: BOM), here comes the judge (surdos: BOM), here comes the judge, to put you away (surdos: BOM)!" twice

High instruments (triplets): 'Blueberry, blueberry, blueberry, blueberry pie!' BOM bip-bip BOM bip-bip!

Taken from the old Shorty Long funk piece.

Here are some versions:

- front room version

- live at Vankleek Hill

- live at the Tulip Festival

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

Part 1 - played twice

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 (dit=high; doo=low) THREE TIMES

Here are a few versions:

- front room version

- live at Vankleek Hill

- live at the Tulip Festival

Signal: 4 simple blasts on apito, possibly accopanied by ''air agogó"

This break is introduced by 4 beats on the agogós, 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.

Agogó/Slow Groove

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

- Slow

- Medium

- Fast

Here's version of the 'Slow Groove' break recorded live at Vankleek Hill:

- Slow Groove break from Batucada X - live at Vankleek Hill

Here's our front room one version:

Surdo Machine

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

- Slow

- Medium

- Fast

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

- studio version

Alegria: repeat 4 times, last time last bar caixas silent

Here are two live versions of the Alegria break:

- front room version

- live at Tulip Festival

Signal: A gracious wave from the Queen of the Bateria

Royal Wave

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

Here are some llive versions:

• Solooo break from Batucada X - Front Room version (mp3 500KB)
• Solooo break from Batucada X - Live at Vankleek Hill (mp3 400KB)

Signal: 'Horns' gesture, pulled back.

Here are some versions of all 4 Funk breaks, in order (or watch the Carleton U video near the top of this page - starts at 3:20):

- Live at Vankleek Hill

- live at Tulip Festival (slightly shaky agogós)

Funk 0

Add video: Funk 0

Funk 0 patterns

- Funk 0 break live at Vankleek Hill

Funk 1

Funk 1 patterns

Funk 1 Instrument  SOLOS (showing time in Carleton U video)

- Funk 1 SOLO: Agogó

- Complete Funk 1 break live at Vankleek Hill

Funk 2

Funk break 2 - Surdos change pattern, others don't

- Funk 2 break live at Vankleek Hill

Funk 3

Funk break 2 - Surdos pattern the same, Agogós silent

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

Finnnish

Here's an example:

- Finnnish - front room version