Afro-Cuban bass and drum reference files

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afro-cuban drum grooves

6-8

drums

bass

bass 6-8 (1) basic groove and variations

bass 6-8 (2) shuffle and funk

Cascara, Son Montuno y Mambo

drums

(1) cascara basic

(2) cascara variation with rumba clave

(3) cascara with snare and bass

(4) mambo bell pattern

(5) bongo bell pattern

(6) variation with 2-3 rumba clave

bass

bass mambo and son montuno (1) basic tumbao

bass mambo and son montuno (2) two chord vamp

bass mambo and son montuno (3) two chord vamp son montuno

bass mambo and son montuno (4) bobby rodriguez son montuno style

bass mambo and son montuno (5) guaracha 3-2 clave

bass mambo and son montuno (6) guajira 2-3 or 3-2

bass mambo and son montuno (7) tumbao on two chords

bass mambo and son montuno (8) tumbao on blues

Songo

drums

(1) songo basic

(2) songo variations 1

(3) songo variations 2

(4) songo variations 3

(5) songo variations 4

(6) songo variations 5

bass

bass songo (1) Orchestra La 440

bass songo (2) Ritmo Oriental

bass songo (3) Los Van Van

bass songo (4) tumbao with calypso influence

bass songo (5) Andy Gonzalez

bass songo (6) slap tumbao

bass songo (7) Sal Cuevas

bass songo (8) slap in octaves

bass songo (9) slap with different tumbao

Cha Cha Cha

drums

(1) cha cha cha basic

(2) cha cha cha variation 1

(3) cha cha cha variation 2

(4) cha cha cha variation 3

bass

bass cha cha cha (1) basic plus funk variations

bass cha cha cha (2) another variation

Guaguanco

drums

(1) basic guaguanco

(2) guaguanco variations 1

(3) guaguanco variations 2

traditional guaguanco

bass

bass guaguanco (1) traditional 2-3 or 3-2

bass guaguanco (2) descarga

bass guaguanco (3) 3-2 new orleans feel

bass guaguanco (4) funk variations 3-2 clave

Conga De Comparsa

drums

(1) conga de comparsa basic

(2) conga de comparsa - variations

traditional conga de comparsa

bass

see “Mozambique” section

Mozambique

drums

(1) mozambique - basic

(2) mozambique - variations 1

(3) mozambique - variations 2

(4) mozambique - variations 3

(5) mozambique - gadd pattern

(6) mozambique - gadd variations

traditional mozambique

bass

bass mozambique (1) traditional

bass mozambique (2) modern

bass mozambique (3) modern 2

bass mozambique (4) slap funk

Merengue

drums

(1) merengue - 1st section

(2) merengue - jaleo - 2nd section

(3) merengue - apanpicho - 3rd section

(4) merengue-songo hybrid

bass

play half notes with root and 5th; use tumbao during improvisation sections