Studio Recording

[Johnny Conga]

PS .Desi Arnaz did not play congas, he played a little guitar. But he was a good showman and an Innovator. He created the idea of using 3 studio cameras for filming his television show, rather than just one., when he and Lucy created Desilu Productions at the old Paramount lot in Los Angeles.......JC JOHNNY CONGA

[gilbert]

Sorry again brother I. know the comparsa pattern of what you speak. It is close to the pattern I put in my post.
The pattern of which you speak is
1 anda 2 anda 3 anda 4 anda
SS TT SS TT.....MY PATTERN AGAIN IS
RLR LRL RLR LRLRLRLR....
TTS TTS TTS TTSSTTS/......GOT IT?.....PaZ....JC JOHNNY CONGA...

take it easy guys
i having a problem in figuring where the measure ends in this rythm plz if u can write just one measure

[zaragemca]

Yes i agree with you the funny thing is that as he said(Desi),he was n't thinking about the break through of the technique at that time,he was trying to save money becouse he did ask to the studio to produce the show and (amasingly they accepted).Thinking that the show would not be the sucess which (the Show)became later.They might be still beating the walls with the head.



Edited By zaragemca on 1076619872

[zaragemca]

Ok Gilbert,there are several ways to do it,you could place the two tones in the first -quarter(4/4 time signature),and the slap in the second-quarter and finish with two quarter of silence,or place the slap in the third-quarter and finish with one quarter-silence.



Edited By zaragemca on 1076620942

[Johnny Conga]

Standard 4/4 pattern put at 120 beats per minute or at disco speed 125 beats a minute. It starts on the and of 1. Start it out slow and "talk it" thru dudu pat dudu pat dudu pat dudupatadudupat.......I can't make it any more simple than that ... and always remember if you can say it you can play it!.....JC JOHNNY CONGA.... :;):

[gilbert]

RLR LRL RLR LRLRLRL
TTS TTS TTS TTSSTTS/

okey then this is one measure
the first tones are the 16th note and the first slap is the eight's note
the second part the same and the third part also

for the last part : TTSSTTS ?? what are these notes ?

[Johnny Conga]

C.mon guys it's tone tone slap slap tone tone slap .You are not talking this thru.See my last post on it...JC JOHNNY CONGA...DON'T BE LAZY, work it out!..... :;):

[Johnny Conga]

You must also put this pattern in Time to hear and feel how it's played......here it is again in drum language.
dudu pat dudu pat dudu pat dudu pata dudu pat....say it and u can play it, now put it in time..medium fast....At your Service... JC JOHNNY CONGA.....

[zaragemca]

Ok according with what johnny set in there,in the last one you have two 16th notes,..two quarters note(each, on the second and third quarters and quarter silence),them on the next bar contueing the patterns...Johnny the situation is that in the last bar;..TTSS,the value of the slap change to quarter from an 8th note, and them continue to be an 8th, in the next one...TTS



Edited By zaragemca on 1076697156

[Johnny Conga]

8th notes.....JC JOHNNY CONGA....THANK YOU...Z

[gilbert]

10ks alot i got the feeling of the rythm
but the rythm is a 4/4 signature and you wrote a 5/4 signature

i think it should be:
dudu pat dudu pat dudupata dudu pat

like this its a 4/4 signature
the first part: dudu pat (the opens are the 16th note and the slap is the 8th note)
the 2nd part:dudu pat (the same as the fisrt part)
the 3rd part :dudu pat (also the same)
the 4th part: dudupata dudupat (dudupata:both the opens and the slaps are the 16th note)(dudu pat: the opens are the 16th note and the slap is the 8th note)

i guess this is the write way
i'll try to write it on ENCORE and put it in the topic maybe next week

[Johnny Conga]

You Nailed it! Keep it simple and it works. What do you think of that pattern and have you been able to play it at a faster pace, say at 120 beats a minute?.....JC JOHNNY CONGA....

[gilbert]

10ks for the rythm

here is an audio sample for it

Attachment: http://mycongaplace.com/forum/eng/uploa ... -disco.zip

[Johnny Conga]

Yea Gilbert you got it, nice sound clip. It was the only pattern I could really use playing to Gloria Gaynor's Disco music when I was with her from 74-76. Some tunes I was able to get a little funky on the rhythms but mostly played that "disco pattern". It drove me nuts, cause we played the same 17 tunes for a year and a half with her. So you had to be quite inventive without going crazy. It was fun for awhile cause I had just come out of the "cuchifrito" circuit in NYC and was looking for a musical change, and I got the call that would change my life.......JCJOHNNY CONGA.... :;):

[franc]

gilbert can you tell me how you did that?? i mean record the disco pattern, very clever!!!!beside thanking johnny for writing this pattern. my best, franc:cool: