In this online
video lesson, Scott Kettner shows
you how to combine an LP
Rio Pandeiro with a mini drumset. Rhythms from New Orleans and Brazil
and are covered in this video. For more pandeiro lessons by Scott,
please log on to the links below.
A graduate of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music program,
Scott Kettner has studied intensively in Brazil and in 2004 became a member
of one of the oldest existing traditional Maracatu groups from Recife, Brazil,
Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante (founded in 1906). In 2003 and
2005 Scott was awarded an artist grant from The Brooklyn Arts Council for his
project Maracatu New York and The Nation Beat and was elected a 2006 Latin
Jazz Ambassador by the U.S. State Department. Scott is also a faculty member
of The New School University's Jazz and Contemporary Music Program where he
conducts the Brazilian Maracatu Percussion class. More>