What would you call this rhythm?
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:48 pm
Hi everyone,
Awhile back, I posted on here asking about "a caballo" and learned it had next to nothing to do with the rhythm, but rather a call-and-response "caballo" thing (or at least that was the impression I got from the comments). But I continue to hear this very merengue-like rhythm in most of the Puerto Rican jibaro music I listen to. Here are some examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saGg5lfy1Wg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq8-VT0AGjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyoft9s8af4
This rhythm is used extensively in aguinaldos (especially aguinaldos jibaros which I think are awesome ) and I've learned to play it pretty well (its similarity to merengue made it easy, though there are times I make the mistake of playing it like merengue w/the last open tone being low instead of high or the open tones first instead of the slaps). But what I'm trying to find out is, if it's not a caballo, what is it? I've heard some ppl just call it jibaro (for obvious reasons) but what is this rhythm really & where does it come from?
Thanks in advance.
Awhile back, I posted on here asking about "a caballo" and learned it had next to nothing to do with the rhythm, but rather a call-and-response "caballo" thing (or at least that was the impression I got from the comments). But I continue to hear this very merengue-like rhythm in most of the Puerto Rican jibaro music I listen to. Here are some examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saGg5lfy1Wg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq8-VT0AGjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyoft9s8af4
This rhythm is used extensively in aguinaldos (especially aguinaldos jibaros which I think are awesome ) and I've learned to play it pretty well (its similarity to merengue made it easy, though there are times I make the mistake of playing it like merengue w/the last open tone being low instead of high or the open tones first instead of the slaps). But what I'm trying to find out is, if it's not a caballo, what is it? I've heard some ppl just call it jibaro (for obvious reasons) but what is this rhythm really & where does it come from?
Thanks in advance.