Product Number:
98081BCDEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Beginning-Intermediate
Pages:
152
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-6106-5888-4
ISBN13:
978-16106-5888-1
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
3/11/2011
This course examines the infusion of traditional Afro-Latin and especially Afro-Cuban concepts into contemporary Western music. Upon completion of this book you will have mastered many new skills that will help you become a more accomplished percussionist and, more importantly, a more complete musician. By exploring the role of percussion in traditional Afro-Cuban music, you will understand the important contribution drums make towards a complete musical piece, and that a drum is not merely a rhythmic placeholder but truly a musical instrument worthy of recognition. While this book focuses primarily on hand percussion, its basic principals are also applied to the drum kit. There is no standard notation in this book; rather, the rhythms are illustrated with easily understood charts based on counting out subdivided beats. The companion audio offers examples of all major points.
Acknowledgements
Author's Notes
Course Objectives
Audio CD Directory
Introduction
Section Objectives
The Afro-Cuban Effect
The Fusion
What Make It Afro-Latin?
A Little Rice and Beans
Afro-Cuban musical complexes
Afro-Cuban Ensembles
Contemporary Counterparts
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Afro-Latin Rock
Latin Pop
Mambo
Rumba
Songo
Don't forget the Salsa
A Recipe for Contemporary Music in America
The "Spanish tinge"
She-bop, I-bop, Cubop!
The Dynamics of Rhythm
Pulse or Downbeat
Measure and Meter
Subdividing the Meter
Time Signature
Tempo
Rhythm
Polyrhythm
Rhythmic concepts
Mechanical Independence
The Pulse, Up, & Down Beats
Music With a Triplet Swing
Independence Exercises
Music with a Duple Swing
Independence Exercises
More Complex Independence Exercises
The Clave Concepts
Clave for Music with a Triplet Subdivision
Clave for Music with a Duple Subdivision
Forward (3-2) or Reverse (2-3) Clave
Special Notes in Clave
Clave Independence Exercises
6/8 Clave Exercises
Rumba Clave Exercises
Son Clave Exercises
The Bell Pattern
Bell Pattern Exercises
Palitos and Cascara
Cascara Exercises
Melodic Concepts
Pitch
Drum Technique
Positioning Your Body with the Drum
Hand Drumming Subtleties
Matrix notation
Conga and Bongo Drum Strokes
Timbales Strokes
Drum Kit Strokes
Special Symbols
Learning a New Rhythmic Part
Subdividing the Matrix Further
Exercises for Execution
Single Stroke Exercises Using Progressions
Single Stroke Exercises for Congo and Bongo
Single Stroke Exercises for Timbales and Snare Drum
Double Stroke Exercises Using Progressions
Putting the Pieces Together
Congas
Bongos
Timbales
Trap Drums or Drum Kit
Different Rhythms,
Son Exercises for Conga
Son Exercises for Bongo
6/8 Exercises for Conga
Latin Funk Exercises for Conga
Get into the Groove
Improvisational Style
The "Three-R's" of Soloing
Stepping up to Solo
Step One: Change Strokes
Step Two: Change Hand Positions
Step Three: Solo Around a Reference Point
Step Four: Change the Meter
Step Five: Everything But the Kitchen Sink!
The Meat and Potatoes
Rule 1: Maintain the Groove
Rule 2: Play the Arrangements
Rule 3: Develop "Big Ears"
More Terminology
The Abanico
Kyra's Cha-Cha
Conga Pattern One
Conga Pattern Two
Ensemble Break #1 for Congas
Ensemble Break #2 and #3 for Congas
Ensemble Break #4 for Congas
Timbale Pattern 1
Timbale Pattern 2
Timbale Pattern 3
Ensemble Break #1 for Timbales
Timbales Break
Ensemble Breaks #2 and 3 for Timbales
Ensemble Break #4 for Timbales
Drum Kit Pattern One
Drum Kit Pattern Two
Drum Kit Pattern Three
Bongo Pattern One
Ensemble Break #1 for Bongos
Ensemble Breaks #2 and #3 for Bongos
Ensemble Break #4 for Bongos
Song Lyrics
Don't Mess with Love
Conga Pattern One
Conga Pattern Two
Conga Pattern Three
Conga Pattern Four
Ensemble Break #1 for Congas
Timbales Pattern One
Timbales Pattern Two
Timbales Pattern Three
Ensemble Break #1 for Timbales
Drum Kit Pattern One
Drum Kit Pattern Two
Ensemble Break #1 for Bongos
Song Lyrics
Music and Love
Conga Pattern One
Conga Pattern Two
Ensemble Break #1 for Congas
Ensemble Break #2 for Congas
Ensemble Break #3 for Congas
Ensemble Break #4 for Congas
Ensemble Break #5 for Congas
Timbales Pattern One
Timbales Pattern Two
Ensemble Break #1 for Timbales
Ensemble Break #2 for Timbales
Ensemble Break #3 for Timbales
Ensemble Break #4 for Timbales
Ensemble Break #5 for Timbales
Drum Kit Pattern One
Drum Kit Pattern Two
Song Lyrics
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