Description
Your first exercise to master the Songo pattern. In this case with eighth notes on the Tumbadora and the Conga. Using Open, Slap and fingers beats. Notice how Giovanni combines hands using combinations from the Rudiments technique for Snare.
Commentary:
Then, the first time I listened to Los Van Van, it was 1979/80, so the guys like my ‘compadre’ Changuito, people like the late Yulo, people like Claro from Ritmo Oriental, for me, those are the two main, main, main patterns for the Songo groove, right? So then, with Claro, he was doing with Ritmo Oriental, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3,…..
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:
