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Repertoire: Balançando A Passarela

Overview

This is from an album released by Universal Music in 1993. It is a variation on Rio Samba that features the cuica. The intro and breaks are unique.

Instrumentation

• Repenique
• Cuíca
• Surdos
• Whatever else we want!

Resources

We need to figure out the intro, breaks, and ending, but here is the basic groove...

YouTube: Balançando A Passarela by Carlinhos Do Repique

Chants

Here's the Repenique intro, including the [response].:

Bob lost his mind at sea. [Poor Bob.]

Bob lost his mind at sea. [Poor Bob.]

Bob lost his mind at sea. [Poor Bob.]

One, Two, Three, [A Four.]

One, Two, Three, [A Four.]

One, Two, Three, [A Four.]

One And Two. [Bob lost his mind.]

One And Two. [Bob lost his mind.]

One And Two. [Bob lost his mind.]

Bob lost his mind at sea. [Poor Bob.]

Bob lost his mind at sea. [Poor Bob.]

Bob lost his mind at sea. [Poor Bob.]

Bobby's been like that since high school.

Bob said his mother was LIKE that. (The corchi hits on "LIKE".)

The batucada groove starts immediately, featuring the cuica.