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RHYTHMS.....

Postby JohnnyConga » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:49 am

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Re: RHYTHMS.....

Postby davidpenalosa » Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:54 am

I like seeing those old school patterns up close. Thanks.
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Re: RHYTHMS.....

Postby JohnnyConga » Thu Nov 18, 2010 7:56 pm

Here is how I play the Calypso rhythm with a variation at the end...JC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nxw5q0JXSk
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Re: RHYTHMS.....

Postby alabubba » Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:59 pm

Thanks and more! Very nicely made videos, the angle of view provides me as a student with everything that I need to learn. Such beautiful elegance in rhythm and technique, as well. For me, for sure, these are musical gold nuggets.
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Re: RHYTHMS.....

Postby JohnnyConga » Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:45 am

This is one of the many ways Mongo played his tumbao...this is with his 'patented' 8th note slaps..which sometimes he also played both strokes with his right hand alone...now i count each stroke as a quarter note to make it 1 2 3 4 5 with the slap or tone on 5 u can also count it in 8th notes and it becomes a 6 1+2+3 4+5+6 slap/tone on 3 and 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qlNirbw98k

here is another way he played a tumbao...try speeding it up and see how it sounds...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua8fMvQYqTw

Here is a 3rd variation of the way Mongo played his tumbaos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKcoQAZl8Zo
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Re: RHYTHMS.....

Postby JohnnyConga » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:57 pm

Guaguanco variations and Bossa Nova variations....

http://youtu.be/rv0npWdR7Pk
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