Maracatu for Drumset & Percussion book cover by Lula Marcondes

The first in-depth book in English about Maracatu de Baque Virado will be available in 2012 by Hal Leonard Publishing company.

Maracatu for Drumset and Percussion by Scott Kettner with Michele Nascimento and Aaron Shafer-Haiss explores the history and traditional  Baques (rhythms) of maracatu from the following groups:

Nação Estrela Brilhante
Nacão Porto Rico
Nação Encanto da Alegria
Nação Leão da Campina
Nação Aurora Africana
Nação Cambinda Estrela
Nação Leão Coroado
.....and many more.

Kettner also lays out new ideas for playing the traditional maracatu rhythms on the drumset while exploring Zigaboo, James Black, Stanton Moore and other New Orleans and Mardi Gras Indian grooves and how to morph them with Maracatu on the drumset.

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