1,2,3. Introduction, Playing Position
4. The Basic Sounds and Techniques
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4.1 The Jingle Sound a) Basic Movement b) Accents in 3 (3:55)
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4.2 The Open Stroke a) played by the thumb b) played by the finger tips c) shifting (5:35)
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4.3 The Slap a) with the fingers (upper part) b) with the palm (lower part) (8:18)
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4.4 The Soft Slap a) played with the thumb b) played with the finger tips (3:28)
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4.5 The Muffled Sound (played by thumb or finger tips) (2:53)
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4.6 Exercise including all 5 sounds (1:31)
5. Samba
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5.1 Basic Samba (4:49)
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5.2 Illustration of the Samba Feel (1:48)
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5.3 Variations in Samba, 1-bar phrases (2:06)
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5.4 Samba Enredo, Sound Modulation Open Tone (3:38)
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5.5 The Clave (5:32)
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5.6 Variations in Samba, 2- and 4-bar phrases (4:24)
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5.7 The Flam (variation in fast Samba) (1:40)
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5.8 Variations in Samba, including Caixa accents (0:46)
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5.9 Variations in Samba, imitating the Rebolo / TanTan (0:45)
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5.10 Variations in Samba, Mocidade (3:34)
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5.11 Samba Funk (1:02)
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5.12 Playalong - Samba Enredo 112 bpm (1:03)
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5.13 Playalong - Samba Enredo 125 bpm (0:57)
6. The Choro and its rhythms
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6 Choro, Introduction (2:27)
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6.1 Basic Choro (2:17)
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6.2 Polka (5:14)
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6.3 Maxixe a) Basic Patterns b) Maxixe of Jorginho (9:05)
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6.4 Maxixe a) Tango Brasileiro b) more variations of Jorginho (3:41)
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6.5 Choro Sambado a) Tamborim Teleco Teco 2-3 b) Choro Sambado of Jorginho (10:56)
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6.6 a) Choro Samba b) Tamborim/Pandeiro Entradas 3-2 c) Tamborim Teleco Teco Improvisation in 3-2 (5:42)
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6.7 Playalong - Choro (1:04)
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6.8 Playalong - Polka (1:02)
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6.9 Playalong - Tango Brasileiro (1:29)
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6.10 Playalong - Samba in 3-2 (1:36)
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6.11 Playalong - Samba de Raiz (for Tamborim, Pandeiro de Nylon,...) (1:07)
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6.12 Playalong - Maxixe (1:22)
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6.13 Playalong - Choro Sambado (1:31)
7. The Partido Alto
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7 Partido Alto Introduction (2:05)
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7.1 Basic Partido Alto 1 (1:41)
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7.2 a) Pandeiro de Nylon b) Basic Samba on a Pandeiro de Nylon (2:31)
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7.3 Movement in 3 (1:17)
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7.4 Involving the Surdo Pattern (1:04)
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7.5 a) Variation 1 in Partido Alto b) Variation 1 with Clave (2:35)
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7.6 Variation 2 in Partido Alto (1:02)
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7.7 a) Basic Partido Alto 2 b) Variation in Partido Alto 2 (1:53)
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7.8 Combining the two Basic Partido Alto Patterns (1:00)
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7.9 Improvising on Partido Alto (1:46)
8. Samba De Roda
9. The Forró and its rhythms
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9 The Forró Tradition (1:36)
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9.1 a) Baião Basic Pattern b) with Bacalhau c) Bacalhau on Platinelas d) Baião inverted e) Dry Pattern f) Variations (7:19)
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9.2 The Forró a) Basic Pattern b) Bacalhau c) Variations d) Inverted Pattern (7:17)
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9.3 a) Xaxado Basic Pattern b) Xaxado, adding the Bacalhau (2:44)
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9.4 a) Xote Basic Pattern b) Xote, adding the Bacalhau c) The Shuffle Feel d) Variations in Xote (5:10)
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9.5 a) Arrasta Pé Basic Pattern b) Arrasta Pé, adding the Bacalhau c) Variation by Leo Rodrigues d) Variation by Marcos Suzano (5:19)
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9.6 The Pandeiro de Nylon in Forró a) Baião b) Forró c) Xaxado d) Forró Sambado (3:43)
10, 11, 12. Coco, Samba de Latada and Ciranda
13, 14. Marcha and Frevo
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13.1 Marcha/Marchinha Basic Pattern (2:09)
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13.2 Marcha Variations (2:24)
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13.3 Playalong - Marcha (1:19)
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14 Frevo (Introduction) (0:52)
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14.1 Frevo, First Basic Movement (1:22)
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14.2 a) Groups of three, alternating movement b) Frevo by Marcos Suzano (1:48)
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14.3 traditional Frevo by Mamão (1:20)
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14.4 Frevo by Jorginho (0:56)
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14.5 Frevo-Marcha (3:31)
