patterns - merengue on tambora

[franc]

friends,
any one of you can supply me with ''key notations'' of merengue patterns?? i need the traditional merengue tambora patterns!! not the conga patterns, ok. i have looked and looked and can seem to find tambora key notations, thank you all and my best always!!! franc :^/

[OLSONGO]

Invent your own , just keep in mind to keep the feel and that merengue swing.

Paz OLSONGO

[Master2987]

Here is one that can be played on tambora and conga as well:

O O O O O B S O B S

R L R L R L R R L R

Phrase it by accentuating the 5th open tone.

[franc]

olsongo and master2987,
saludos desde p.r.. thanks for the advice. i have the tambora basic pretty well mastered like the ''apanbichao'' and ''merengue bomba'' etc, thanks master 2987 for the notations. i will practice the pattern. mucho áche, mis amigos, franc

[Lezardoo]

Hello,
I found this link : http://www.zen30989.zen.co.uk/chap9.htm
The pattern seems OK to me, even if it is written for battery. We play it on congas with a stick.
Excuse my ploor english
Lezardoo

[Raymond]

Disregard.



Edited By Raymond on 1170976785

[Sakuntu]

Yo franc-heres a tambora pattern that I learned back in the day. I've only ever played it on Conga but you should have no problems putting it to Tambora. Its way old school but maybe if you don't know it you can add it to your repetoire:

1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
O x S x x S x x S O O H

S-Slap with left hand
x-stick on rim with right hand
O-open with stick on head
H-open tone on head with hand

For a variation i'll make the Slap on beat 3 of the second bar a open or i'll add an extra open tone stick hit on the "and" of beat One first bar. Have fun with it.