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special occasions such as celebration.
Samba is played in 2/4 time.
There are well over 200 community samba bands in the UK but very few of them play what would be recognised in Brasil as samba. You can hear real samba being played in London at Notting Hill Carnival on the lasty Monday of every August. Most of the bands are Caribbean, but there is some Brazilian samba too.
on special ceremonies
They are played with the hands.
Samba used to be played on just stringed instruments, but when the Americans went to Brazil during the 2nd World War, they brought with them Percussion instruments, and since them, Samba has always been played with percussion instruments.
Samba music emerges from a Brazil ,but has African origins.The are mosty played in Brazil,Latin America and Africa.
Minor, usually.
Samba is traditionally played at carnivals but now is used practically any time they want to play it but yes, generally carnivals like rio de jeniro
Andy Narell.
Samba drums come from Brazil. Congas do not come from Brazil and are not samba drums. Samba drums include surdos, caixas, repiniques, chocalhos, ganzas, repiniques, agogos, pandeiros and cuicas. You can find out more about all of these by clicking on the related link below.
True samba is from Rio de Janeiro and some styles are samba enredo, pagode. People outside Brazil tend to call all Brazilian music samba though. Other styles that foreigners call samba include Maracatu, samba reggae, and samba funk.