BUMBA MEU BOI DE PINDARÉ E SEU SUINGUE INSPIRADOR

The Bumba Meu Boi from Maranhão is captivating, with its beautiful songs, dances, praises, and mysteries. It's playful yet serious. And the rhythm... ah, the rhythm! Here, our topic is rhythm and those tambourines... so much power! Well, in Maranhão there are several styles of Bumba Meu Boi, each with its own musical nuances. In this lesson, the chosen rhythm was the Bumba Meu Boi of the Pindaré style (also known as the Baixada style), because in addition to preserving one of the most fundamental essences of Brazilian music, which is the polyrhythm of 3 against 2, it also has a snappy sound in the second beat that opens a path to universal approaches. In this adaptation for the tambourine, we will perceive certain essences and subtleties present in the rhythm of the Bumba Meu Boi, an intriguing heritage of Brazilian music, and let ourselves be carried away by such "rhythmic enchantment". SCRIPT: 00:00 Introduction to the Theme/ The Brazilian "3 against 2" 01:57 Introduction to the nuances of Bumba Meu Boi 03:37 Rhythm inspired by Bumba Meu Boi (Pindaré) 06:43 Final Considerations 04:42 References: Gilberto D'Ávila (Cartola) 06:17 Jorginho do Pandeiro, Celsinho Silva and Netinho Albuquerque 08:15 Dissecting the Consecrated Rhythm (Technique) 10:40 Parallel with the Swing of Jazz on the Drums 11:42 Dissecting the Consecrated Rhythm even further (Technique) 13:31 Jorginho's Contribution (Technical Content) 14:23 Final Considerations