Pandeiro Exercises

These pandeiro exercises are basic to a technical approach. Some of the nine files focus on a particular technical consideration, such as doubles, rotations, triplets, etc.  While there is a numbered sequence, it is not necessary to proceed in a specific order.  However, the first set, "Pandeiro Studies - #1," would be a logical first step in gaining an understanding of fundamental technique, the notation practice used here, and layout.

Pandeiro Studies - #1 (5 pages)

Technical Phrases - Grooves - #2 (2 pages)

More Phrases - Grooves - #3 (1 page)

Toe Doubles - #4 (1 page)

Transition Exercises - #5 (1 page)

Pandeiro Technique - Variation - #6 (1 page)

Rotation Exercises - #7 (1 page)

Triplet Exercises - #8 (1 page)

Triplet Ornamentation Exercises - #9 (1 page)

Pandeiro Technique - Photos

Thumb (bass tone)


Below: "Toe" (fingertips)
Below 2nd: "Heel"
Below 3rd: Finger roll (middle finger)

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