Gaga 3 (Guantanamo)

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.

1

2

1

2

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.

		1				2				1				2
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.

1 2 1 2 Bas (Low drum)       2/2 B . . . O . . . B . . . O . B . hands L R L R L

  

1

2

1

2

B

.

S

.

B

.

S

.

B

S

.

S

B

.

S

.

L

R

L

R

L

R

R

L

R

Please click Here for YouTube demonstration.

Gaga 2 (Santiago)

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:

1

2

1

2

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:

		1				2				1				2
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:

		1				2				1				2
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.

Gaga (1)

Gaga 1

Hello everybody.
I am sorry that I couldn't update my blog for a while because my computer couldn't connect with network.
This time, I will show you Guantanamo style Gaga.

Guataca (Bell)

They use Guataca (Hoe Blade), but you can substitute with Cow bell.

1 2 1 2 Guataca (Bell)         2/2  X . . X . . X . X . . X . . X .

Salidor (High drum)
If Cata is available, Cata plays the same rhythm as Salidor.
On beat "1", "Flan" sounds need to be made.

 

1 2 1 2 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 or Medio (Mid drum)

 

1 2 1 2 Bocu (Mid drum)      2/2 S . . S O . O . S . . S O . O . hands L L R R L L R R

Bas (Low drum)
This drum usually improvise.
I am showing basic ride for Bas here.

 

		1				2				1				2
Bas (Low drum)       2/2		O	.	B	S	.	.	S	.	B	.	S	.	.	.	O	O
hands		R		L	R			R		L		R				R	L

Addition to these imstruments, sometime they add "Basin" that makes bass sound and mark "1".

Please click Here to see YouTube demonstration.
Thank you.
I will try to update more often.
Chao.

Yuka (3)

Sorry that I couldn't upload last month, because I was tied up with carnival schedule.
I will show you the third variation of Yuka.
Cata is the same as previous 2 variations.

Cachimbo (highest drum).
Played by one bare hand, one stick.

1

2

1

2

Cachimbo            6/8

S

X

O

S

X

O

S

X

O

S

X

O

with one stick

R

L

R

R

L

R

R

L

R

R

L

R

Mula (mid drum)
This is the same rhythm with Cachimbo, but start with different place.

1

2

1

2

Mula                   6/8

O

S

X

O

S

X

O

S

X

O

S

X

with one stick

R

R

L

R

R

L

R

R

L

R

R

L

Caja (Lowest drum)

One I show here is basic ride.
Caja player will improvise.

1

2

1

2

Caja                   6/8

O

T

B

B

T

B

B

T

B

B

O

.

with hands

R

L

R

L

L

R

L

L

R

L

R

Please click Here for demonstration on YouTube.
Since I couldn't post my blog last month, I will try to post another rhythm this month.

Yuka (2)

Yuka (2)
This month, I will show you different type of Yuka.
This Yuka is very unique.
The cata is the same as the other Yuka I showed last month (Yuka 1).
The cata is 6/8 feel, but drums are 2/2 (or 4/4) feel.

Cata -- see last month blog.

Cachimbo (highest drum) -- played with one stick and bare hand.

1 2 1 2 Cachimbo     2/2 (4/4) Side . . O Side . . O Side . . O Side . . O with one stick (Left) L R L R L R L R

Mula (Mid Drum) -- played with one stick and bare hand.

1 2 1 2 Mula         2/2 (4/4)   B . M . B . M . B . M . B . M . with one stick  Side . Side . Side . Side . Side . Side . Side . Side . R.L R.L R.L R.L R.L R.L R.L R.L

For Cachimbo and Mula, sticks are used only to hit side of drums.

Caja (Lowest Drum) -- played by bare hands. improvise.

To see demonstration on Youtube, please click Here.

To see my past blog, click Here.