Amandi-Samba Batu/Samba Cada (SP)-P

The Junior Percussion series has been conceived in practice for use in practice. The ensemble pieces published here are "cut to size" for music school students. Each volume included two pieces which generally share the same orchestration and level of difficulty.

Samba Batu and Samba Cada are just "main themes" giving a larger group an opportunity to play samba. Of course, they can be played as notated, but the conductor can also use all of the twelve parts from both Batu or Cada. Through variation, 12 different realizations of the samba for 12 players may be realized with the included material.

Number of Players: 6-12
Difficulty: Grade 3
Instrumentation:
Player I: Small Hand Drum (Samba Batu), Cabasa (Samba Cada)
Player II: Tambourine (Samba Batu), Woodblock (Samba Cada)
Player III: Shaker (Samba Batu), Frigideira (Samba Cada)
Player IV: Guiro (Samba Batu), Snare Drum (Samba Cada)
Player V: Agogo Bells (Samba Batu), Conga (Samba Cada)
Player VI: Bass Drum (Samba Batu), Tom-Tom (Samba Cada)

Elisabeth Amandi was born in Bamberg, Germany and began her musical studies i 1967 at the conservatory in Wurzburg. She majored in bass drum\percussion instruments with Siegfried Fink at the advanced school for music in Wurzburg. She has been working at music schools in the Munich area since 1976 and directing various percussion ensembles including participants of all ages.