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New website for Edun Ara
Edun Ara - bloco de carnaval is a percussion, song & dance performance based project that reflects the African heritage found in Brazil & Cuba.  We run workshops that culminate in a stage performance and/or street parade.
Participants from all over the UK have attended our workshops and since we began in 2005, the project has become so popular that it has warranted its own website!
A key feature of our new website is the on-line material that's available to Members. Here you can access all the repertoire and learn the grooves with MangoDrum software. Membership application will be available from mid-July.
Participants of this July's Edun Ara - bloco de carnaval project in Hitchin become 'temporary members' with special access to the members area straight away providing them a chance to work with the resources in advance.

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Mangodrum percussion composer for Windows
Written by MightyMango in collaboration with One Voice Music, MangoDrum software is a valuable tool for composing percussion grooves and helping you and your group learn and practice your repertoire away from the rehearsal room. Download the FREE version below.
A few of the software's features:
  • Three sample grooves - Samba Reggae, Tumbaiao & Samba
  • Samba instrument sounds
  • Easy to read grid style notation system
  • Create compositions and playlists
  • Mute or solo individual instruments
  • Metronome
  • Adjustable tempo
  • Click track
  • Printable grids
  • and much more ....
MangoDrum is very simple to use - you really don't need to have prior experience of working with music software. It is designed to meet the needs of community samba groups and their members.
Snapshot of a MangoDrum grid 
Listen to an audio sample of the above grid. This is using the default sounds that come with the software. 
FREE Download
Why not try out the free 30-day trial version and see for yourself exactly how beneficial a learning resource this can be for you and your group.

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