3 bata at same time

[niallgregory]

can anyone point me in the right direction for transcriptions of bata toques for 3 drums played by one person.It would be greatly appreciated.Cheers.Niall.

[Laurent Lamy]

I play the melody and I keep the chacha on itotele and more of the other chacha when I can !
Bill Summers tells me he 's actualy write a book about the art of three batas playing by only one person.



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[niallgregory]

thanks.Are these books available.What bata books do you know of,have the amira one.Cheers.

[Laurent Lamy]

No, these books are not available...

[Johnny Conga]

Bill Summers book is available. It costs $60.oo. Try BillSummers.com. He covers the history, the lineage, all of the Ibodu's, and more, from what I was told. John Amira's book is also available. It has transriptions in it also. I have that one. At your Service...JC JOHNNY CONGA...

[Laurent Lamy]

Very funny, BillSummers.com is about car sailing.

[Johnny Conga]

Sorry Laurant...I thought you could find him that way. Oh well I guess just go into Search and you will find him. His book is available for $60 american dollars. John Amira's book is also available on Ebay....JC JOHNNY CONGA....

[tamboricua]

I play the melody and I keep the chacha on itotele and more of the other chacha when I can !
Bill Summers tells me he 's actualy write a book about the art of three batas playing by only one person.

Hi Laurent,

Hope all is well! Today I decided to mount my batá rack again. It's been a while! I was following your approach of keeping the left hand on the itotele's chacha. I did start by reviewing the more generic toques like Ñongo, Rumba Iyesá, etc., they are coming along! Now, you follow the same approach when doing for example, "La Topka" for Elegüa?

Saludos,

Jorge Ginorio



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[Laurent Lamy]

I play the melody and I keep the chacha on itotele and more of the other chacha when I can !
Bill Summers tells me he 's actualy write a book about the art of three batas playing by only one person.

Hi Laurent,

Hope all is well! Today I decided to mount my batá rack again. It's been a while! I was following your approach of keeping the left hand on the itotele's chacha. I did start by reviewing the more generic toques like Ñongo, Rumba Iyesá, etc., they are coming along! Now, you follow the same approach when doing for example, "La Topka" for Elegüa?

Saludos,

Jorge Ginorio

Hi Tamboricua,

Yes I follow the same approach. Sometime, I keep the okonkolo chacha or all the chacha if the toque is slow. That depends ! For Latokpa, ma base is the chacha of the itotele and the okonkolo...

Bye

ZunZun