I used to play in a salsa band. The conga player was half Cuban. The
basic beat this guy starts out with is nothing different from a standard
mambo beat and he is adding some more drums. Mambos or Montunas are
basically what "salsa" is. And salsa bands are a lot of fun to play
in. I recently wrote a salsa piece as a title piece for some software.
On 12/17/2014 12:22 PM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I am crazy for this beat, we are on the same page!
I've been using some instructional materials to learn how these beats
relate to clave patterns from African and Afro Cuba. I learned about
this from this book and then Youtubed the hell of it. What a great
time to be alive for musical access isn't it?
What got you into this beat? Can you help me understand how this is
different from a salsa beat?
Awesome stuff.
---In [email protected], <jr_esq@...> wrote :
Listen to this new beat called timba from Cuba. I been trying to play
this on my congas with some success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-dGeaLnLmg
---In [email protected], <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote :
I have followed this with great interest since I am reading a
wonderful book on Cuba's contribution to music:
Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
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I have been blown away by how much I DIDN'T know about how influential
their music culture was to modern music. The clave were the hard wood
spikes they put wooden boats together with in the shipyards of
Havana! I think you would dig this book, it is an amazing historical
look through the eyes of a musician. He also wrote a cool book on New
Orleans music history.
---In [email protected], <noozguru@...> wrote :
It's taken 50 years for the US to pull the friggn' thorn out of it's
side and renew diplomatic relations with Cuba. Of course all the right
wing dummies will screed that the Obama administration is being "commie"
for doing so.
http://news.yahoo.com/after-alan-gross-release--obama-seeks-to-resume-full-diplomatic-ties-with-cuba-152343480.html
