In this second part of the post, we zoom out a little from the nuts and bolts of the rhythm, get a little more philosophical, and ask whether we ‘really know that rhythm’ from the angle of what the rhythm really means. We’re talking less about whether we ‘know’ the rhythm and more about whether we understand it.

In this first part of the post, we explore what it means to ‘really know a rhythm’ from the angle of learning how to learn and learning how to teach.

As we've seen in the last post, the concept of a 'samba band' here can be quite different from the reality of groups in Brazil. Here, I explore this difference and ask whether it's a problem.