Maracatu For Drumset And Percussion

Maracatu for Drumset and Percussion explores the traditional Brazilian rhythms of the Maracatu de Baque Virado, which originated in the Candomble religion but have expanded to provide the rhythmic framework for aparticularly excitingstyle of music.

Author Scott Kettner explores every aspect of this dynamic genre, including: instruments of Maracatu de Baque Virado, changing traditions of maracatu, traditional and contemporary maracatumanifestations, drumset applications, NewOrleans mambo, and more.

Master percussionist, bandleader, producer, and songwriter Scott Kettner is the guiding force behind Nation Beat, a band whose teeming, vibrantrhythms find common ground in the primal maracatu rhythm ofBrazils northeastern region, the Big Easys funky, hypnotic second-line and strolling Mardi Gras Indians, and the unfettered freedom of big-city downtown jazz. Aftergraduating from New Yorks New School University, Kettner moved to Brazil to learn more about maracatu.

With this book, he shares an accessible and pragmatic approach to learning and understanding the instruments and basic rhythmsof Maracatu de Baque Virado and how to apply these rhythms to drumset.