Friday, May 18, 2012

Gaga 3 (Guantanamo)

Cuban Rhythm I show you 3rd Gaga mainly from Guantanamo.
Triang (Guataca/Bell) pattern is the same as the other two Gaga, so I don't show that here (please check Gaga 1).

Salidor pattern is the same as Gaga 1.
xX is Flam stroke.




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Salidor (High drum)   2/2
xX . X X . X X . xX . X X . X X .
with 2 sticks
r, L
R L
R L
r, L
R L
R L


Bocu pattern.




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Bocu (Mid drum)      2/2
O . M . B . B . O . . B B . . .
hands
R
L
R
L
R

L R





Bas
This is 4 bars (for 2/4 notation) pattern.
I divided this to two lines because it doesn't fit in one line.
Sorry that it looked a little be strange.






































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Bas (Low drum)       2/2
B . . . O . . . B . . . O . B .
hands
L


R


L


R
L



































































  
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B . S . B . S . B S . S B . S .
L
R
L
R
L R
R L
R







































































Please click Here for YouTube demonstration.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Gaga 2 (Santiago)

Cuban Rhythm Gaga (Santiago)
 I show another kind of Gaga.
This is old style, but still played in Santiago area.
Instrumentation is Guataca (Bell), Cata, Bocu and Bas.

Guataca rhythm is the same as Gaga 1, so please check previous post.

Cata pattern is:




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Cata   2/2
X . X X X . X . X . X X X . X .


R
L R L
R
R
L R L
R

Bocu pattern is:





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Bocu (Mid drum)      2/2
s,S . . . s,S . . . s,S . . . O . O .
hands
r, L


r,L


r,L


R
R


















s,S played as Open Slap and "Flam".

Bas pattern is:




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Bas (Low drum)       2/2
B . . . O . . . B . . . O . . .
hands(improvise)
L


R


L


R



Bas player improvise.
What I showed here is ride.

Please click Here for Video Demonstration for this rhythm on YouTube.