Book Launch & Workshop Tour 2023 - Gabriel Lopes

As Bossas do Mestre Maurão - selected Bossas (Paradinhas) for Samba Schools- a must for every BateriaPlay like the samba schools in Rio! Who doesn't dream of playing authentic breaks and sounding as if you are just entering the Pasarela. This collection of Samba beats is the first music book to focus on the transcription of the bossas (or paradinhas) - bateria breaks tuned to the current enredo. Bossas is a Portuguese word for the breaks that the baterias of the Samba schools play during the carnival in the Sambodrom in Rio de Janeiro.Book with 148 pages7 bossas1 Esquenta (67 bars)Each bossa is performed with a complete score for all instruments and the individual scores for each instrument. At the beginning of each part there is an indication of which part of the text contains the bossas, and in each bossa there is the name of the samba for which it was written.For 10 years Mestre Maurão Mestre de Bateria (First Musical Director of the Bateria) was in the following samba schools: Unidos do Viradouro, Academicos da Rocinha and Cubango. From 2011 to 2018, Mestre Maurão did not lose a single point for eight years for the schools in which he was Mestre de Bateria (which means that he received at least three highest grades, nota 10, from the four judges). And in 6 of these years he received the highest score of all judges. A great achievement due to his teaching methods and his ability to make each section of the instrument sound harmonious. Maurão also plays an important role in the creation and development of a new break style. They are larger and more complex, with the participation of all sections.YT Videos:Viradouro 2018:https://youtu.be/PTT7_obQDVEViradouro 2018 II:https://youtu.be/Kk-YqZ55sVQViradouro 2018 III:https://youtu.be/_vJkygoB0_QViradouro 2017:https://youtu.be/e8Y7-oMO57oCubango 2016:https://youtu.be/D6WQ23hWmWkCubango 2016 II:https://youtu.be/eE82DyqMhmACubango 2015:https://youtu.be/IwV8P-_JZAMEsquenta Rocinha:https://youtu.be/gzCDqSgG3Ck

As Paradinhas da Não Existe Mais Quente with Mestre Dudu - selected Bossas (Paradinhas) for Samba schools - a must for every BateriaSambistas will love this book!Play just like the Samba schools in Rio! Who doesn't dream of playing authentic breaks and sounding like you're just entering the pasarela. This collection of paradinhas is Gabriel Lopes' second music book that focuses on the transcription of the 'bossas' (or 'paradinhas') - the bateria breaks that go with the Samba de Enredo, this time focusing on the Samba school GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel. Bossas is a Portuguese word for the breaks that the baterias of the Samba schools play at the carnival at the Sambodrom in Rio de Janeiro. You can watch and listen to all bossas from the book in the videos above.Content:7 Bossas1 Esquentascores for bateriascores for seperate instrument sectionsBook Level: advancedBook language: Portuguese + EnglishEach bossa is available with complete scores for all instruments and individual scores for each instrument section. At the beginning of each part you'll find a note in which part of the text of the Samba de Enredo the bossa appears, and in each bossa you'll find the name of the Samba it was written for.Mestre Dudu:Mestre Dudu has been the musical director of one of the most famous baterias of the carnival in Rio since 2012 (still at the time of the book release in 2020). Carlos Eduardo Arcanjo de Oliveira, known simply as Mestre Dudu, has dedicated more than half of his life to the Samba school Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel. Since he started at Mocidade as Mestre de Bateria, he has focused on his work to preserve traditional characteristics of the bateria. With this concept he managed to receive the highest score for his bateria, which was last achieved in 2002 under the guidance of his own father Mestre Coé. It was only under the direction of Mestre Dudu that Mocidade's bateria once again managed to win the much sought-after special prize ''Estandarte de Ouro'', awarded by the newspaper O Globo.You may have met Mestre Dudu on our site before, he recorded most of our product videos for Ivsom instruments for us!Gabriel Lopes / Author:Gabriel Lopes is not less known in the Samba scene of Rio! He is a musician since 2001 and since then he has been working as a musician and percussion teacher for the band Monobloco amongst others. With Monobloco he recorded 4 albums and 2 DVDs, went on international tours and participates as an active musician in the infamous street parades with 10.000s of people. He is also the founder of Bloco Volta Alice, whose bateria is a good 100 wo*men strong. Through Volta Alice and Monobloco he actively participated in the renaissance of street carnival in Rio de Janeiro in the early 2000s.

The Samba School -  a must-have book for sambistas, comes with a sound sample CDbook language: EnglishHow to study Samba, teach a bateria, learn bateria instruments, know the Samba beats and their characteristics - The Samba Book has all the answers for you.95 pages of real Samba schooling! Each instrument is explained in detail and you can finally put aside all your doubts as all your questions will be answered.The author is Dana Monteiro, a musician and musical educator from the US with several decades of musical experience and a long list of professional degrees as well as impressing knowledge around Samba. He has a profound formation in music education and has taught in schools and universities. One of his flagship projects is Harlem Samba. Originally a classical trumpet player, his interest in Brazilian music began on a trip to Rio de Janeiro, where he was taken to the Vila Isabel Samba School by local musicians.  He immediately caught on the fire of this musical style. Many visits to Brazil followed, he made numerous study-related trips and visits to Samba schools and community music ensembles all over the world from London to Tokyo and Las Vegas to Cape Verde, all that to study local musical practices and, more importantly, the various methods for how music is taught. His dissertation is titled Samba - The Sense of Community in Participatory Music.A marvelous book for people teaching, studying or playing Samba with a larger interest in all instruments played in Samba ensembles. You'll need to be able to read and work with notation, a sound sample CD will help understand and give you audio support alongside the book.