TDSounds

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TDSounds - The Brazilian Percussion Specialist

TraDitional Sounds of Samba sells samba drums, Brazilian percussion accessories and other Brazilian musical instruments. We also stock samba DVDs, Brazillian samba CDs, books, gifts for the samba fan and other items that explore the rich carnival culture of Rio de Janeiro.

Why buy your samba instruments from us?

We are experts in Brazilian samba drumming, and our aim is to enable you to buy high quality, good value, authentic Brasilian samba instruments, sourced from the factories and  artisans who supply the Rio samba schools. We sell to individuals, samba bands and school samba groups. Our samba percussion instruments are imported directly from brazil, and we keep them in stock in the UK. If you want to place a large order for samba drums or accessories from outside the UK, we can help too. 

For further information about samba drums or drumming, please contact us. Our new phone number is ++44(0)208 601 7131. To find our new location in London, please click here

What we sell

* Drums and instruments – samba drums, bateria percussion, pagode instruments, other Brazilian drums and samba instruments.
* Percussion accessories – samba sticks, beaters, straps, drum skins, earplugs, drum bags and more.
* School samba band packages - authentic complete kits of school samba drums, sticks and straps carefully selected by our Brazilian percussion experts.
* Samba CDs – and other Brazilian music CDs including pagode, batucada and samba reggae.
* Samba DVDs – and videos
* Gifts – mini samba instruments, t-shirts and hats.
* Samba Books – about samba, samba drumming, Brazilian percussion and carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

More about TDSounds

At TDSounds we use our unique specialist experience to pre select for you authentic Brazillian bateria instruments and samba percussion supplies. Wherever possible our drums, sticks, beaters, skins and other samba items are sourced from the factories and artisans who supply the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Our great value school samba teaching packages are made up of the best sounding samba instruments available, lightweight, hardy and with clear tones. We also sell sets of samba drums for community samba bands, and we stock replacement parts for all of our drums.

We aim to deliver within a few days

Please note - We are not a general percussion shop but only sell Brazilian samba percusion, Brazilian musical instruments and samba supplies.

Prices on this site include VAT.

* To see our Rio information pages, please click the link at the top of this page.