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If you need review of hand positions and sounds on your drum, click here If you haven't read the Study Guide for "Speaking Of Rhythm" Vol. One through Six, click here. AFOXE' The word Afoxe' means three things: 1) an instrument, a gourd rattle with the beads on the outside that is played by twisting and shaking. You may know it by the name Cabasa or Afuche. 2) a Brazilian rhythm from Nigeria more correctly known as Ijexa (ee jay shaw) and 3) a carnaval group from Bahia in Northeastern Brazil that plays the rhythm and instrument mentioned along with bells, drums dancing and singing. The arrangement that I've presented here I learned from Jose Lorenzo of Bahia, Brazil when he taught dance and music in San Francisco from the late 1970's through the 1980's. He started the group Escola de Samba Batucaje and is one of the people most responsible for bringing Brazilian Carnaval to San Francisco. To hear the intro and first lesson of Afoxé, click here. To hear another arrangement of Afoxé, click here. Note: Rhythm tip #2 is on the bell pattern for Afoxe. To see the pattern written out see this page.
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