Traditional Afro-Cuban Concepts in Contemporary Music

Arturo Rodriguez Bk & 2 Cds

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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. Two companion CDs offer audio 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