"Rumba Quinto" by David Peñalosa
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:31 am
I'm lucky enough to be one of the fist people to get a copy of David's second book "Rumba Quinto".
Anyone else yet? I know it's early to bring this up, but here goes..
For the past two days I've been studying page 3. I figure that knowing the clave lock in it's stripped down 3 stroke version a page later, and this simplified repeating "full" 4 stroke ride, with alternating tone and slaps in a two clave sequence is worth some mindless repetition, then mindful, then mindless again.
So, today, not only did I work on the duple and triple structures with the filler strokes, heavy downbeats with legs both left and right, but also clave in either hand with the drum strokes in either hand. Everything was really slow, but I worked up to moderate speeds later on. Then, I made my own recording of clave and worked on the lock. Finally, I found a CD that goes with a Cliff Brooks's MelBay quinto drum book that has about four or eight speeds of guaguanco with clave, shaker, and the two support drums. I played the clave lock, I guess the 4x4 version with and without the second note of the quinto lock pattern at slow, then up to ripping fast speeds.. I hope for this to become a routine warmup practice..
So, I feel good.. Like a lot happened, but it will take many more of these "woodshedding" days to really "get" it.
One thing that is really fuzzy at this point is that I am still unsure of how to shift from the triple to the duple rides.. David?
Go slow to go fast? Specifically, the place I lose it, is the connection between knowing these with filler strokes, and playing with clave. When I get how it sounds with clave, or physically playing the clave in the other hand, any relationship to a triple and duple pulse feel goes out the window.
And of course, that's only the beginning of the book!
I feel like I was really getting those cross patterns in the class at Humboldt, but they're a distant memory at this point.
I can't wait to start into that part! And I can't wait to feel these locks as a constant, easy to find ride, so that the cross pattern can lead into the lock seamlessly.. Too little time, and too much to learn!
Anyone else yet? I know it's early to bring this up, but here goes..
For the past two days I've been studying page 3. I figure that knowing the clave lock in it's stripped down 3 stroke version a page later, and this simplified repeating "full" 4 stroke ride, with alternating tone and slaps in a two clave sequence is worth some mindless repetition, then mindful, then mindless again.
So, today, not only did I work on the duple and triple structures with the filler strokes, heavy downbeats with legs both left and right, but also clave in either hand with the drum strokes in either hand. Everything was really slow, but I worked up to moderate speeds later on. Then, I made my own recording of clave and worked on the lock. Finally, I found a CD that goes with a Cliff Brooks's MelBay quinto drum book that has about four or eight speeds of guaguanco with clave, shaker, and the two support drums. I played the clave lock, I guess the 4x4 version with and without the second note of the quinto lock pattern at slow, then up to ripping fast speeds.. I hope for this to become a routine warmup practice..
So, I feel good.. Like a lot happened, but it will take many more of these "woodshedding" days to really "get" it.
One thing that is really fuzzy at this point is that I am still unsure of how to shift from the triple to the duple rides.. David?
Go slow to go fast? Specifically, the place I lose it, is the connection between knowing these with filler strokes, and playing with clave. When I get how it sounds with clave, or physically playing the clave in the other hand, any relationship to a triple and duple pulse feel goes out the window.
And of course, that's only the beginning of the book!
I feel like I was really getting those cross patterns in the class at Humboldt, but they're a distant memory at this point.
I can't wait to start into that part! And I can't wait to feel these locks as a constant, easy to find ride, so that the cross pattern can lead into the lock seamlessly.. Too little time, and too much to learn!