Description
Giovanni Hidalgo shows you the Guaguancó pattern in the Puerto Rico style. You have to play this pattern with eighth notes, and you have Open, Slap, etc… beats. You only work with the Tumbadora in order to understand step by step how to play this pattern.
Commentary:
When you play the Guaguancó, some ways, some parts you heard that on a couple of recordings like Puerto Rico style, that when we do some Rumba in Guaguanco, we do like this, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4 right? But the first three that I was playing, those are the main ones, I mean the correct ones.
“Time Code” Soleá (bulerías) – 8182 – E
Here you have the third of Giovanni’s songs with Josep M. Kitflus (piano) and Carles Benavent (bass). In this case, the master Giovanni uses a Flamenco pattern (Bulería) to show you how to apply practically his concept on Congas. Commentary: Now,
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
