Geordie,
here´s a non-traditional two-bar pattern I made up on my own a while ago, to be played on four congas,
preferably tuned in minor scale, e.g. from high to low tone C - Bb - Ab - F:
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I find this pattern useful for medium tempo 3/4 tunes, Afro Blue etc.,
but it also works as a 6-8 pattern (or 12-8 as it were):
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bongosnotbombs wrote:Just wanted to see what you other guys have come up with for 3, I think it's called jazz waltz sometimes too?
I don´t do jazz waltzes on congas that much, as I find them a bit corny (at least to accompany). The 3-4 and 6-8 combinations are pretty cool though. I taught my music class something about minimal music (à la Steve Reich) at school the other day, and my pupils themselves should put together a piece with this gradual change idea, and what they ended up with was a simple 3-4 pattern which changed in accentuation step by step into a similar pattern with a 6-8 meter and back again to 3-4. That was an exciting lesson, also for me!
- Mike
Edit: BTW, what is this heart sign in the title supposed to mean?