Description
In this solo-demo played by Giovanni Hidalgo on the Bolero pattern, he demonstrates how important it is to master all of these exercises to achieve a control of the language. It is a good idea to look at the previous exercises on this pattern to fully understand how this great master improvises.
Commentary:
For the third level, then you can put some more colors like “floreando.” That means putting a couple of accents to the groove, right? Like I said before, colors depend on the structure of the tune: 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4…
Demo (Solo) 6/8 – 8154 – E
Giovanni plays a Demo in 6/8 to demonstrate how you can apply all those exercises, maintaining a line on the cowbell and improvising with the other on Timbales. Commentary: Example, I would like to do a little improvisation, free style, ok? Let’s
Demo (Solo) Guaguancó – 8155 – E
The master Giovanni plays a second Demo with the “Guaguancó Cáscara” to demonstrate how you can apply all those exercises, maintaining a line on the cowbell and improvising with the other on Timbales. Commentary: Cáscara in Guaguancó par
Demo (Solo) Free – 8156 – E
The master Giovanni plays a third DEMO-SOLO in 6/8 to demonstrate how you can apply all of these exercises, maintaining one line with the left hand on the Cha-Cha cowbell and improvising with the other on the Mambo cowbell and the Timbales. Commentary:
