What is the difference between the bossa and samba meter signatures?
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Marguerite
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The bossa signature is harder to forge. I get caught at the bank every time.
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Tempo...samba is faster. For drummers...the feet play the same thing only Samba is like a bossa in cut time.
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The samba is basically a bossa in cut-time. Both have the same dotted-quarter+eighth note pulse, but the rhythms on top of that primary beat can vary drastically. I've found that the easiest way to distinguish the pattern is by listen to the drummer. In latin drumset, it is the drummer's job to replicate the original, full-ensemble percussive sound (rim click acts as clave, hi-hat acts as guiro, etc...). More often than not, the bossa drummer would play a steady rhythm on the hi-hat to replicate a guiro sound (most likely 'quarter+eighth+eight', with the hats open on 1+3 to create the scraping sound) and a clave beat on the snare drum rim. In a samba, odds are the drummer will be playing a steady rhythm on either the bell of the ride cymbal or a cowbell, with a additional pattern on the snare, rim, toms, or a combination thereof, and a steady 2+4 rhythm on the hi-hat. Of course, the beats and rhythms vary depending on the drummer, ensemble, and skill level, but it's not a samba/bossa without that original bass drum beat!
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