Nyabinghi - drums

[blas]

anybody play these before?

[Berimbau]

Hey Blas!
Yeah I've some research in Jamaica and do play some repeata - ina Nyabinghi style, of course! Now if you find yourself real interested then do check out Ken Bilby's excellent articles and recordings of Jamaican drum styles, as well as the music of the late great Count Ossie, one of the seminal figures in that music's development. Back ina day I went to Rutgers, so what exit in Joisey are you?


Saludos,



Berimbau

[blas]

Thanks for the info. I went to Rutgers too! in Newark, now I live in Prospect Park/Paterson.
I was also wondering what conga rythm would be appropriate for reggae music, whatever works...

[Sakuntu]

As for conga rythms in reggae, there really isn't anything specific. I rarely hear much conga in roots reggae music. The majority of percussion is tamborine, woodblocks, cabasa, cowbell and various sound effects. If I wanna hand drum sound to reggae I usually use the macho drum on my bongos tuned down a little to give it that nyabinghi repeater sound. lots of flams and triplet fills in and out of the groove. for some good reggae percussion check out Steel Pulse's "True Democracy" or Alpha Blondy's "Apartied is Nazism" for strictly roots and culture nyabinghi music check out "Churchical chants of the Nyabinghi-Heartbeat records or the Rastafari Elders-RAS records.

[jorge]

Hi Berimbau and Blas,
Not to hijack the thread, but I am another alumnus of Rutgers Newark, class of '76, Essex County College before that. Lots of drums and drummers back then, did you ever go to the rumbas in Branch Brook park by the lions? La Independiente, David Cedeño, Ocho, Monguito Santamaria, some great salsa/latin jazz bands in Newark at that time. Excuse my nostalgia, but Rutgers Newark brings back good memories.
Jorge