songo rhythms - any good songo patterns

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Postby rumbaman » Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:33 pm

Hey you all any good songo patterns out their that are your favorites .

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Postby zaragemca » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:31 pm

Greeting,there are a lot of good combinations which I have witnessed for longtime with a lot of drummers,beside'Changito' like Ignacio Berroa,Enrique Pla,(Irakere Band)Steve Berrios,Oscarito Valdez,(Oscar Valdez's son),Calixto Oviedo,'El Negro' Hernandez,Daniel Diaz,(Ritmo Oriental Group),etc.Dr. Zaragemca



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Postby Diceman » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:44 pm

Come on Dr Z, write them out and share your knowledge and experience.

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Postby zaragemca » Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:58 pm

Greeting Diceman,even if I wanted to try,the computer I'm using don't let me do it,but... Ignacio Berroa, Enrique Pla,(Irakere),and 'El Negro' Hernandez have videos in the market showing that stuff. Dr. Zaragemca



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Postby Diceman » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:06 pm

Of course you can Dr Z. If Jongo can on the Afro Blue thread in this section, so can you. Come on share your knowledge and experience, that is what this forum is all about.
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Postby captainquinto » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:11 am

Have you already gotten the ones from the Congabook on this site?? Many different patterns to choose from. Here's one of the songo patterns:

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Postby zaragemca » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:44 pm

Diceman I don't what computer,or software Jongo might has installed,I did try some time ago and it was a mess.Dr. Zaragemca



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Postby Diceman » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:34 pm

Dr Z,
He just typed in 1 e + a 2 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a
and then h t S t h t O O h t S t O O
O O
under it. put a space between each letter or number

top row= timeline
second row= lead drum (conga) and
third line second drum (tumba) more lines for more drums
h=heel, t= tip, s=slap, o=open, b=bass, small letters weak hand, big letters strong hand
In this case the pattern is for the bog standard two drum tumbao. If you can type emails you can type patterns, it is a very easy system and doesnt need any special computer.
Look forward to sharing some of your patterns

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Postby rumbaman » Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:09 pm

Hey how are you guys doin' today . Hey thanks for your suggestions . I keep on trying to squeeze that songo out of my teacher but he is still holding out . I think we should share our two cents with each other b'cause i'm shure its not the same . i't is a hassle to get up of this chair for the most part b'cause i'm just so relaxed but sometimes we have to go the extra mile and look something up like a pattern . But think about it if we would'nt go the extra mile we could'nt get to the FRIG..... for another beer !



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Postby windhorse » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:46 pm

This is a Songo variant that our friend Dan pointed out as the second double conga possibility that fits with Mozambique.
cnt: | 1 e & a 2 e & a | 3 e & a 4 e & a ||
Hand:| L L R L R L R R | L R L R L L R R |
Hi : | B T S T O O - - | B O T S B T O O |
Lo : | - - - - - - O O | - - - - - - - - |
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Postby soungalo » Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:07 pm

hi
here's an interesting songo rhythm that I like .

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
high - s s - - - o o | b - s - - o - o
low - - - o o - - - | - - - o o - - -
R L R R R L | R L R R L R

I hope you understand it 'cause it's quite hard to write rhythms like that .




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Postby rumbaman » Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:59 pm

Hows' everyone today good i hope . THank you all veryy much for these patterns .

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Postby Jongo » Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:45 pm

Hey, last night I played that Songo pattern that Captain Quinto had put up that is from the Congabook. That is a good little Songo pattern, I really enjoyed it. I guess I need to check the Congabook more often.
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Postby rumbero russo » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:30 pm

Hola todos mis colegas!
Does anyone know any sites, to look for more conga (percussion) patterns written like in congabook here on congaplase, or is it the unique one to get them free? I'm not mean, but inquisitive too much :D
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Postby rhumbatumba » Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:22 pm

I love the songo concept. Since it is my first post ever so I will share a favorite pattern of mine.

This is for 3 drums, quinto in middle conga to left, tumba to right:
'o' will be quinto, 'O' will be tumba, and 'C' will be conga open tones.

|o|o|o|s|h|t|s|C|s|s|O|s|s|h|t|O|
|l|R|L|R|L|L|R|L|R|L|R|L|R|L|L|R|

Here is a very basic one for 2 drums:
|h|t|s|t|B|t|o|t|h|t|s|t|B|s|O|O|
|L|L|r|L|r|L|R|l|L|L|r|L|r|L|R|R|

BTW its glad to see a conga forum that actually has people posting in it.

EDIT: Looks like my hand instructions arent loning up with my tone instructions... oh well... just copy it to a notepad before you work it out and make everything match up :) Enjoy. THe first one is a variation of my own the 2nd one is the original songo pattern given to my by my first teacher.




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