by Mike » Wed Oct 17, 2001 5:20 pm
Hi everybody,
when listening to the old Mongo Santamaria classic "Afro Blue" (Fantasy records!) I tried to accompany it with 4 Congas. On this recording, the tune has a mysterious rhythm always beuatifully shimmering with the different rhythmic layers which are basically in 3/4 time, but still there must be some trick in it (apart from Mongo´s fantastic solo ;-).
Well, I tried to play along with the following pattern, every note an eighth (Sorry, can´t print sheet music):
Quinto O S | O S
Conga M O O O | O M
Conga O |
Tumba | O O
The pattern is not too difficult, sounds quite nice, though, especially if the drums are tuned "minor pentatonically" without the 5th tone, e.g. (lowest first):
e - g - a - b
CHeers!