Description
Until now you have been working with 1 stroke, now you will use 2 strokes to reach the independence of your hands (it is important that you sing the subdivisions like Horacio does). Your right hand plays the Clave in the Wood Block, the left hand will play the Sixteenth notes. In this video you have an exercise with the 1st and the 2nd Sixteenth note of the bar.
Commentary:
Then we are going to do the same with 2 notes, 3 notes, 4 notes, 5, 6, 7, until we fill again the hole sixteen notes. We are going to set some examples, 2 examples of each groupings and then you guys practice it at home and also you can get my book named “Conversations in Clave” where you can find all these exercises perfectly written. Groups of 2 notes. 1, 2, 3, 4…
Left Hand (L) and Bass Drum (B) play BLBL-LBLB – 5098 – E
In these exercises, while our Right Hand plays the “Cáscara” and our left foot plays the “Clave” in the foot cowbell we will apply the “Stick Control” combinations method playing with the Left Hand in the Snare (I) and the
Mambo (B) with Clave on the left foot cowbell – 5104 – E
Here you have Horacio’s 2nd variation with the Mambo pattern (very used in Latin Jazz): right Hand plays Cáscara in cymbals, Left Hand orchestrates in Toms and Snare in addition to Hihat and Bass Drum. Commentary: This also can be used on the Mam
Songo (B) with Clave on the left foot cowbell – 5106 – E
Here you have another version of the “Songo” pattern, with a variation where Horacio shows us how to apply the Cowbell with the Right hand and the Clave with the Left foot in the Foot Cowbell while the Left hand plays Snare and Toms. Comment
