Twiddly Bits World Service Vol.1 Brazilian Beat Standard MIDI Files
From the makers of ground- breaking Twiddly.bits "licks and tricks as MIDI Files" comes Twiddly.beats World Series Brazilian Rhythms, recorded in Rio de Janeiro by top Brazilian drummer Alfredo Dias Gomes. Brazilian Rhythms was produced by Richard Court (the Brazilian singing star "Ritchie"), and comprises an incomparable selection of authentic Brazilian beats offered in Standard MIDI File, General MIDI format. Each rhythm is played over twelve or sixteen bars in an evolving, developing style; non quantized, though perfectly in time. Beats such as Olodum and Samba even come with additional fill or 'call' files. In addition to classic Bossa Nova and Samba rhythms come the Afro-Brazilian Afoxe, popularised by Gilberto Gil and Morais Moreira, the dynamic Carnival favourite Frevo, the lilting Maracatu, and the intriguing Xote ("Shot-tch"), based on Scottish reels and jigs introduced to Brazil by the European settlers.
