cowbell and clave

bouncingstick · #1 (**permalink**) 07-27-2008, 04:28 AM

hi guys..m trying to play with a cow bell and woodblock now.. i want to play left foot clave and playing latin on my other limbs.. what wud u all suggest me to practice and play. i tried to play bossa calve with salsa beat. but i dunno what to do with my left hand..my right is just ddoing quaver all the way..hhmmm...any suggestion..?
thank you

shazaam · #2 (**permalink**) 07-27-2008, 04:56 AM

haah, not a person who dabbles in latin style stuff...wish I did play more like it but yea. Here's a coupel things a person could easily start off and begin working around/adding to it.
Walfredo Reyes Jr.
Guess I could list some vids that stand out, but a little lower on this page you'll see latin grooves n stuff which I guess I'd look at first...
DRUMMERWORLD - Drum Clinic

hope that helps some

bouncingstick · #3 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 08:56 PM

thank u dude..

mind_drummer · #4 (**permalink**) 07-29-2008, 10:59 AM

Hey Man here's the answer to all clave's playing

Everything you need is there.

Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez - "Conversations in Clave"

**Tainojim** · #5 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009, 12:29 PM

Mr. Mind Drummer got it right. But it's not only Afro-Cuban cooking here. It's also Hispanic or in my term Boriken (Taino original term), (Boriqua in Spanish) It's a combination of a five beat on the left foot combined with 3,2 beat with the right hand and complementing it with a 4 beat with on the bass. Theft hand keeps the timing on every fourth beat.

Check out also El Negro De Cuba, Selia Cruz, even Gloria Estefan's "Alma Cribena", (Caribbean Soul),
Eddie Palmieri, Hector Lavos, and manny others beats.

You may also want to look up some Salsa Tablature for free on the internet.

Manny Blessings and Happy drumming.

slingerland59 · #6 (**permalink**) 04-10-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bouncingstick

hi guys..m trying to play with a cow bell and woodblock now.. i want to play left foot clave and playing latin on my other limbs...)

I don"t understand bouncingstick. Do you have a clave attached to a left foot bass drum pedal? I saw a guy play a cowbell that way. He seemed to play standard latin rhythms with his hands but varied the foot pattern so that some of the bass drum beats were played on the cowbell. He dropped out the standard hi-hat "chick." If I can find the video again I'll post it.

slingerland59 · #7 (**permalink**) 04-10-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by shazaam

... a little lower on this page you'll see latin grooves n stuff which I guess I'd look at first...DRUMMERWORLD - Drum Clinic hope that helps some

Thanks for mentioning that site shazaam...I just spent about half an hour there seeing some mind blowing stuff... very inspirational...gotta go practice now!