by zaragenca » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:21 pm
Welcome Korman,I know exactly what Peraza mean when saying that the bongoceros were the stars..The Timbaleros in the Qrquestras Typicas,have to follow and structure,(until the time for their solos),the congeros in the Conjuntos,also were following a percutive pattern when the singer was doing the main lyrics and could open up the articulation in the Montuno, or Guaracha/ part of the sons,but the bongoceros,(since the time of the Sextetos), were free to articulate riffs behind the vocalists so they have more freedom....Again for the Sextetos it was an specific musical/riff,(mona),or a musical phrase which was performed together,(everybody),which would mark the dynamic change, becouse with a few exceptions,there was not sheet of music for the Sextetos...In the Yorubas music it was the same, the singer is the one guiding everything,(but at one point the bataleros by playing the same sequences for long time, would know the changes and dynamic/calls and memorize the lyrics...Now in the ensembles which are playing only drums the leader,(in this case the Iya), is the one which establish the percutive signals and dynamics changes..... In the Araras would be the Djum Djum.Dr. Zaragemca
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