>>8522638maybe he want's to join a samba school?
I would recommend Mocidade Independente. My homie and a senior classmate (a Finn) played repinique in their core. They won.
My homie was the first ever foreigner to play in a winning school bateria.
He then went and established this school (years ago):
https://roseira.net/I played cavaquinho in this school for three years. It was fun.