Description
(A)Here you have your first patterns. Giovanni explains and shows you step by step the positioning of your hands, the accents and how to apply it on a Conga.
Commentary:
First of all, it’s only two open beats, one slap and do it like this, 1, 2, 3, 4 .. Then when you jump to put in a couple of accents, to do another movement (variation) of the pattern, you hear patterns like this one. We are talking about 1940s, like 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:
