Drum machine rhythm images

Here are some drum machine representations of our rhythms. Use them if they work for you.

In these, the line labeled CP is the tamborim.

TT is the high pitched a-go-go bell.

CB is the low pitched a-go-go bell.

Rhythm 1:

Rhythm 2:

Play Sambingo rhythms online

Here's an experiment. Below are links to a web page that will play the rhythms for you:

Rhythm 1 A-go-go

Rhythm 1 Tamborim

Rhythm 2 A-go-go

Rhythm 2 Tamborin

Once you get to the page you have to click the Play button in the upper left corner of the page.

And here are the combined rhythms
Rhythm 1
Rhythm 2 

I'm not crazy about how these combined rhythms sound. To my ear I can only hear the tamborim when both play.

Hydrogen drum machine software

I came across Hydrogen, a free drum machine program for Windows, Mac and Linux. I think it could be helpful for learning new rhythms. While I'll admit I'm fairly handy with computers, it took me only a few hours to download, install, get the hang of it and recreate a few of our current rhythms.

Click here to hear what I've done so far.

You can download Hydrogen here.

We can share the Hydrogen files - you can load these into Hydrogen and then modify them. Here's the file for the .mp3 above and here's the cerdos for the 6/8 rhythm. If folks are interested I can bring my computer to practice sometime and show how it works. Note that I've substituted instruments. For instance, I've not yet found high and low cow bells or how to make them myself.