Ragtime, to me, sounds more than just tresillo based--it sounds clave based. The two or three ragtime pieces I can sing in my head all fit clave. The...
... called > the California Series, are being made by Akbar and Octavio of Sol drums > (both former employees of Valje in L.A.). DW has bought Sol from Akbar,...
Hi Curtis, I agree that " The Entertainer" sounds like its in 3-2 clave. I hope to arrange that song someday as a danzón. Historically, it went the other way,...
... hope to arrange ... way, with ... A-B-A-C ... Danzon for the past 100 years has been ABACAD. At first, the danzon did not have the montuno section at the...
... not have the montuno section at the end, but it was definitely tacked on not too long after. I used to have the info on the first danzon to open up the...
Alex, I think the new drums are likely to be very good. I believe they are using the same source of American oak that Akbar used at Sol and are using cowhide...
... Was the Johnny Otis before or after Bo diddley's first hit? I thought that Bo was first (?) at least that is how I remember from AM radio in the 50s... ...
... Now that I think of it, using the clave "figure" in an r&b tune or whatever is somehow not the same as using clave as "ground" in a musical structure....
Zeno ... was first (?) at least that is how I remember from AM radio in the 50s... Hmmm.... well, you were there, an "ear witness"" so to speak. My ...
... somehow not the same as using clave as "ground" in a musical structure. Maybe we make too much of these little fragments of clave-ism found in these ...
Yes, I think I have that LB article somewhere or at least I saw it, Otis is credited with being the first to utilize a conga drum in that music. I seem to...
... We heard Ned do a lecture in SF, it was very entertaining since he sings fragments of all these pop tunes that had clave, many you forgot about. He also...
... (tresillo-based) with a two-sided figure (clave or other binary pattern with two rhythmically opposed halves) is an essential ingrediant of clave-based...
Hi all, I was doing my drumming rudiments exercises yesterday and I decided to combine the paradiddle with the manoteo. It goes like this: RT LT RH RT LT RT...
These are great for congas too. There are some books out there by Efrain Toro who goes into some of these combinations. He would move the pattern across the...
... And as a rank beginner, I could make the snazziest conga in the world sound like a plastic trash can -- but that's why I need something decent to learn on...
I've done it before, but I hadn't thought to call it my own. I figure for all of the rudiments, if you substitute any double strokes which are normally done by...
Aregullin, Manuel
manuel_aregullin@...
May 3, 2005 9:26 pm
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... Hi, Max. I do count myself lucky to be interested. It's challenging, therefore is stimulating to try to play these. But I have to tell you here, once you...
Hi Lanie, if you need any help with the odd time mp3's I sent you, just let me know. I do have a 17/16 track of a mambo I can send when your finished ...
Does anyone have any information about luigimusic.com. I've been to his website but the page is partially broken, and neither the webmaster nor ...
Aregullin, Manuel
manuel_aregullin@...
May 7, 2005 9:37 pm
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He is no longer a ebay member. I too have tried to get ahold of him with no luck. I think that our friend Luigi may be out of the business. Too bad as I do...
Hey Ya'll, Scott Joplin, the composer of the Entertainer was from St. Louis, NOT NOLA! In fact, a lot of early rag time and blues came from St. Louis, which...
... They also have a better baseball team than Chicago. Haha. Lots of musicians are from St. Louis. Miles is probably the biggest name though. We also claim...
I'm writing to let you know that while Regino's prognosis remains the same, he is doing reasonably well day to day. In no small part thanks to your monetary...
Does anyone know of a place where I can find a sound file of cinquillo?...
Aregullin, Manuel
manuel_aregullin@...
May 11, 2005 9:14 pm
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... Hi Manny, I don't know of a place where you can find a sound file of cinquillo. However, if you don't know that pattern, here it is: XoXXoXXo The X is a...
Come drum with us this weekend. THREE days of exciting drumming classes...Friday, Saturday and Sunday! The Finer Points of Rhythm Series #4 featuring Soko and...
Do any of you have recommendations for good cds of guarapachangeo? I have the Pancho Quinto, Rumba Sin Fronteras, which I totally love and want to hear more!...
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