TONE74 wrote:By fixed I meant a certain rhythm that is specific to it.
davidpenalosa wrote:TONE74 wrote:By fixed I meant a certain rhythm that is specific to it.
Tone,
I don't want to give the wrong impression. The lead drum for guiro (agbe) is "fixed" as you defined the term. However, the stylisitic approach has over time, evolved since the rhythm was first recorded half a century ago.
-David
TONE74 wrote:As soon as I heard quinto I thought about improvisation.
TONE74 wrote:Compared to the other drums isn't quinto the most active as far as improvising?
I wish they had a rumba section on the board cause I have a questions all the time.
zumbi wrote:was it in cuba that bata became a "religious" drum used to communicate with orishas because of its ability to speak the language while in yorubaland was "just" a drum?
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