Part 5 · Other Styles · Chapter 69
Samba is fast, joyful and felt in two. The bass drum imitates the big surdo drum with a pattern on 1, the a of 1, 2 and the a of 2, while the hands play steady sixteenths.
The bass drum surdo pattern with the hi-hat foot on the &s.
Add sixteenths on the snare with accents.
Get the bass drum and hi-hat foot pattern going on their own until it feels like walking. Then add the hands.