Description
In this solo – demo played by Giovanni, he demonstrates the importance of mastering all of these exercises very well in order to master the language. It is a good idea to take a look at the previous exercises on the Plena to understand how this great master improvises.
Commentary:
When you have all those beats on the same Plena pattern, then you combine that. That means that you are prepared to develop yourself and play and go through that river that’s a beautiful, beautiful river, like that. The imagination helps us a lot; concentration, imagination, love first of all. 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:
