This intermediate class will look at the em cima technique, playing the caixa up on the arm. We will expand on the pattern learned in the previous session (found here – https://www.facebook.com/rob.arcari/videos/10159100448473594 ) .

In this class we will work on some variations on the pattern and look at speeding it up.

For this session in an ideal world you will have a pair of sticks and a drum or practice pad to hit. If you don’t have these then you could improvise and just make it work. If you have sticks then you’re winning. If not, wooden spoons? You’ll think of something. To hit, you can use a practice pad, a pillow, a book, the sole of a sneaker, again you can figure something out. It all works. The point is to get doing it and get it in your hands.