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Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset
Frank Malabe, Bob Weiner, Dan Thress (Editor)
Description
An introduction to Afro-Cuban rhythms, including the history, traditional instruments and basic styles of Afro-Cuban music. The book explores the complexities of these various styles in a simple, understandable way. The companion audio is invaluable to anyone interested in adapting these rhythms to ...
How to Play Latin American Rhythm Instruments
Humberto Morales
Description
The bible of Latin patterns and sounds. This compendium of native instruments shows how each instrument plays its part of the beat. There is also a special section of supplementary timbale exercises and correctly notated Latin rhythm instrument scores. Text in English and Spanish. ...
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Voices of the Doumbek
Robin Adnan Anders
Description
A viewer from Topeka, KS USA: "Anders does a fine job of explaining and demonstrating the basic hand/finger techniques for playing the doumbek. The video is well paced in that his demonstrations are at an easy pace for beginners, while it is, also, useful for experienced drummers to pick up a few p ...
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Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
Ibrahim Ferrer
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Editorial Reviews Amazon.com's Best of 1999 Picking up where Buena Vista Social Club left off, BVSC Presents Ibrahim Ferrer soothes with the hushed romanticism of Cuba's yesteryear while boasting the talents of one of its greatest singers, Ibrahim Ferrer. Again there's an all-star lineup of music ...
Reencarnacion
Cubanismo
Description
Editorial Reviews Amazon.com essential recording Cuban trumpeter Jes?s Alema?y and his band strike again with a ripping album of hot Latin roots and jazz. As always, the mix is clean, hard-edged, and rarely lush. They mix together some of the more famous dance grooves of Cuba and Latin America, ...
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Latin Percussion Brazilian Brass Cuica
Latin Percussion
Description
The Cuica is a Brazilian friction drum that is often used in Samba music of all kinds. It features a stick that is fastened inside the drum in the center of the drumhead. Changing the pressure on this stick produces different pitches and timbres. ...
Latin Percussion LP483 Pro Shekere
Latin Percussion
Description
The shekere’s history begins in Africa where this unique instrument serves as a shaker, a rattle, and a drum. Traditionally made from hollowed gourds wrapped in a lattice of stones, the instrument is played by shaking or twisting it to get shaker and rattle sounds or by hitting the bottom of the b ...
Gon Bops AA1075SE-KIT-1 Alex Acuna Special Edition
Gon Bops
Description
Gon Bops crafted Alex Acuna Special Edition Congas from select North American Ash in the same traditional Cuban shape Alex has been playing since 1954. California series tight-profile top ring and Gon Bops side and backing plates make for a hardware package that is second-to-none. Finished with a st ...
Meinl Percussion BE1R Berimbau, Red
Meinl
Description
The thin striker and a caxixi are held in the right hand, while the left hand supports the bow and modulates the string with a small metal disc. The whole instrument is moved off-and-on the abdomen, opening and closing the resonant gourd, for a captivating \"wah-wah\" effect. ...
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