Remember the bombo!! ( 2nd note of clave matches the bass note on right hand)

I hope to meet you someday! I know we will be GREAT friends like brothers from another mother! I will continue to practice 3-4 hours a day, either the bongos, congas and timbales. My father use to play bongos with Santito Colon, Puente’s best bolero singer! I’m a retired CPA, Jiujitsu Black Belt, chess expert Puerto Rican who always wanted to play in a band but my father (who taught me how to play bongos at around 7-8 yrs old) wanted me to finish college, so I did! Now this Puerto Rican has one more accomplishment to fulfill on his bucket list!

Man you got it down. Not the just playing but the video editing as well. Dang much respect for the multi talent. I don't get bored when watching your vids because of the variety of camera angles.

Thank you Eric for explaining and breaking down the guaguanco so well on congas ! Best teacher ever, for me!

You are the first person i ever subscribed to cuz your a great teacher and very educational with your videos you go into great detail and history always a pleasure watching your videos that you dont see to much about when it comes to the art of conga playing

I just arrived to this video on yoir channel and i have to say it’s the best educational video on Guaguanco on congas. Great as always! Thank you!

Up dukes bro!!! Basics are the foundation for a strong build. Thank you for the breakdowns. Now I have a set direction and better understanding of the time measurements instead just slapping and trying to imitate what I hear. Will continue to follow!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

Wow! Eric! Eric! Yeah! Eric and Eric! Beautifully done, explained, demonstrated, instructed, with feel representing admiration, respect, great love and honoring the Cuban Clave and Guaguanco . For me the beginning and main ingredient of Latin Jazz, salsa, funk, rock, the corner stone of heart of it all. Que viva Eric! Que Viva Chano, Dizzy, Mongo, Ray, papin, Matanzas, Tata, Hidalgo on and on and on......... Oh, hey the voice no problem. Just grateful and glad you took the time to break it down. Wow! Eric! Eric! Yeah Eric! Thank you!

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

jose goicuria hahaha Gracias Bro! Really appreciate it and glad you liked it!

Excellent video. I'm just now learning guaguanco and the discussion on clave was super helpful, and exactly what I was wondering about yesterday. It's like you read my mind! Keep up the great work, and get well soon.

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Wow, thank you for this. You gave me more fuel to my fire when it comes to learning different rhythms. I love salsa and I’m so blown away by so much that’s out there especially from Cuba when it comes to the music and the dance. One subscriber gained 👍🏾. Muchas gracias por la información y tus talento. Soy inspiré (I think I worded that right lol, practicando para siempre for when I move to Miami 😅) ✨✨✨

Hey I've been playing las congas for about 1.5 years now. Bought my first set pearl percussion elite series i love them. Going to pick up one more drum to do some more combinations. Your videos are a great help. Keep it up. Gracias

Another Classic, Eric! Great work.

Bro for a person like me who;s been playing and learning for a long time, You are money Eric. Love your teaching, it reminds me how much I need to still practice. Thank you, Love you bro.''

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

haha Thank you!

you are so generous in the way you teach. thank you for making these videos!

I did a video on all the different ways u can play gua gua co but this is the basic and purest way of doing it with one player ,like i said its all about feel and can get very creative, again great video kid

Yeesssss. This is the content i was waiting for a long time. BUM DIN DIN DUN to everyone that loves guanguanco

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Yavuz Akdemir Hahahaha yea I hope it met expectations haha

@yavuzakdemir15

6 жыл бұрын

A Percussion Life aaa maaan, i was expecting rumba guanguanco. Rumba>havana

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Yavuz Akdemir yeaaaa this is more of a basic intro to what “Guaguanco” is... not “sooooo” in depth yet

Like the way you simplified the pattern. Thanks for the app info. Camina..!

Fantastic Eric. ! Maybe do a second tutorial explaining the three parts One love !

You're a great teacher and a very talented player . Thank you for taking the time to do these great videos. I have a request, can you please do one showing how to play Rumba Guaguanco, Matanzas style on two congas? I've looked all over but can't find any videos describing how to do it. Hope you can help, thanks.

Excellent video!! Well explained. Can I ask for a longer video when your playing the rhythm at fast pace cause it sounds awesome and helps me out too. thanx mate keep it up!

Trying to learn Guaguanco never felt so convincing. Although Being an Expert, You degrade Urself down to such a Kindergarden Level to Breakdown and explain so well. Never thought that I would ever Try to Learn Playing Congas sitting in India. What can I do other than Thanking U!

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Your thanks is good enough for me!!! Thank you!

Love this technique Eric! Thanks for posting this

Man ¡ a talk radio show voice 😁 I think 2-3 clave it's the best for rumba clave. May be just the way I feel it sound better for me. I didn't realized about the slap till you it. Thank you. Que te mejores pronto Eric.

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

haha best radio voice out there haha

Thank you, I've been adapting your teachings to cajon.

My Man you are a awesome teacher!! Five stars my brother..

Excellent job mano..you got the Sazon, Sofrito, ah Caldo Tambien... Man i Can't wait to get back home to play my Congas. Please add some timbales I need to develop Soloing skills.

Well,hope your voice gets better and just keep making those drums sing.Thanks,for Clave info,too. I learned it,which was very important in 7 piece Latin jazz band.

I love this tutorial the best!

You are killing it! careful when u get into folklorik rhythms cause people will hate.. for the most stupid details! but keep it up! i love your videos, is like a compression of all my conga studies and research in a single channel and in english!!

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks man! I appreciate it... I’ll try to be careful haha

@3stepballroomdancegilberth445

5 жыл бұрын

*iuiiho

Toda mi admiración. Estaría de lujo tuviera subtitulos en español. Saludos desde México!!!

Your content is so great. Thank you - I am lefty though so I just watch your videos and assume I am looking in a mirror 🙂

thank you friend for recommending the app, very good and also for making this kind of videos, still pa'delante and very good vibes for you

@CastleCritters

5 жыл бұрын

yo dude ,the cool one . I have been playing since 73, from New York, thank you for the break down for real. The drumming and percussion timing have never been so well descricbed and made easy to understand as a concept, but the real truth is you can't sing it you can't play it. OUTSTANDING

Thanks for the connection to the app, it would be nice if it was written also as one full clave in one bar that way it’s easier to get the idea across the conga is kind of answering the Clave on beat 3 (this is very common in many forms of Afro based music). Counting or writing the clave all in one bar is also a better way to communicate amongst musicians as you can say something like “we’re starting from beat three” rather than “the first beat of the second bar of Clave” or something like that.

You’re good! Ese guaguanco tiene sabor!

Another Great Video. Muchas Gracias y Bendiciones.

Beautiful. Thank you.

You are so right! If that feel is not there (This goes for most, if not all patterns) it just doesn’t sound/feel right!!!

Great video brother.

Great Video Man!

Great vidéo ! Could be great to break down Jerry Gonzalez style when he played rumba with 5 drums with Fort Apache. Please.. ;-)

Great explanation of where to start the guaguanco when playing 3:2 clave vs 2-3 clave! On the second beat of the three side of the clave! Right?

To share experience and give a little tip to supplement, get a foot pedal to do the clave & learn it with Rumba clave first. Its fun and you might learn something.

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Derk Nizotts sooooo I just saw Pedrito Martínez Live for the first time yesterday... and after watching him live... I’ve decided to actually start doing that now hahaha I’ve always put it off... but after last night... yeaaa I’m going to start!

@derknizotts9162

6 жыл бұрын

Yo, there is this old video i saw in my early days of him & Adonis Calderon, i think Adonis was on clave and I'm like...............howwwww????

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Derk Nizotts Adonis is another guy that always has me scratching my head!!!! Incredible! I’m a huge Yaroldi Abreau fan!

EXCELENT,MY BRO!!!

I recall a radio interview with Carlos Santana in the 70's in which he spoke with emphasis about the significance of guaguanco....... I've got some holes in the knowledge base I need to fill; your generous sharing of knowledge greatly appreciated. I quite like when albums include a name of the style of the songs....... I think Eddie Palmieri's done that, among others. He's also mentioned styles in introducing songs. I'd like to see a breakdown of each style in one video, including such terms as guaguanco, guajira, guaracha, Mozambique, son montuno, etc. My sadly late friend----a longtime tour percussionist with Santana---was an encyclopedia of all of this great stuff...... he did successfully cause an irreversible tumble into incurable addiction when he taught me clave and its forms :) "Every bit of my life's musical experience was turned inside out....... I never listened to music the same way again.....thanks, man!!!!! I'm a hopeless addict!!!!! Thanks!!!!!" :) :) I also learned to be able to identify a style pretty instantly, such as merengue, cha-cha-cha, and cumbia. What I'm also in great need of is general "rules" of when which instrument plays or doesn't...... mambo bell vs timbale bell vs etc. Pancho Sanchez did a video something like this but...... I don't like to say "cookbook" but there are classical traditional "guidelines" to various styles. Beware this frustrated writer....... you're lucky I'm not your neighbor :) Brevity is definitely NOT a strong point here...... but as I do enjoy sequencing with MIDI and samples, I'd really like to learn the when, where, why, what, and so forth of composing. "The cha-cha bell doesn't play on that part, and the guiro's in the wrong place......." Argh! :) one highly underappreciated virtue of Latino culture is a pretty obvious affinity for mathematical thinking. Seriously...... and it's possible........ consider the sector in America of African heritage and the "roots" scene of years ago. Clave, as I have learned, was created by the Yoruba in Nigeria, then spread to Ghana, the Congo, throughout primarily West Africa. Brought in the transatlantic slave atrocity, clave and all attached to it may have been the ONE thing the atrocity couldn't take from them. However, the black community in America got as far as a statue of Alex Haley and Kunta Kinte in a remote parking lot in Town, USA. They're.....IMO...... deprived of one of the most powerful aspects of their culture. An affinity for mathematical thinking obviously existed among the Yoruba and the cultures that adopted clave...... something as simple as it can be complex, with tertiary polyrhythms, etc........ Frank Zappa's term "Terpsichorean Ejectamenta" comes to mind :) Whatever it is, it sounds complex. From 5 beats over two measures, how many thousands of variations can come from such a phrasal entity, adding a bell, guiro, shaker.......????? Anyway, if I had the capital I'd whip up a music festival with styles rooted in Africa, and have exhibits that would enlighten African-American kids to adults what was seeded in Africa and what it has become. Clave is literally a force...... it forces a physical response of the body. The extent to which the music of Caribbean cultures is founded is obvious...... it's also rather interesting that cultures not made a part of the slave trade have embraced the African rhythms like some oracle....... Colombia, for example. Not a slave trade nation, but from Fruko y sus Tesos to Diego Gale (Quinto Mayor, Grupo Gale), to Grupo Niche and so many other Colombian artists, their celebration of African rhythms is passionate at the very least :) And I have extremely little doubt that in 2-3 centuries, Latino DNA has rhythm imprinted. Thanks, man...... all your episodes are enriching at worst :) You're a walking encyclopedia on this stuff.

@brendaboykin3281

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you're from the Bay. Maybe heard of Wayne Wallace. Every country of the African diaspora (descendants of the enslaved) has made a contribution to AfroRhythm. My people have contributed Jazz Swing, the Sanctified beat(Praise Break), the Blues Shuffle(everything that emerges from rock n roll/rock is its offspring), the Backbeat, 6/8 soul/gospel, FUNK!!!! (not to mention Hiphop vocal rhythms). Which rhythm shall my people take back(whoops! who could and who would?)If the simple specific AfricanAmerican contribution of the Backbeat was taken out of international music, a lot of musical buildings would fall down. That Backbeat is as specific as the Cumbria, the Merengue, the Samba and the Son. Regarding the clave, Baba Bo Diddley, Baba Dizzy and El Joven Roy Hargrove had a few things to say. Not to mention Baba Buhaina Blakey. Horace Silver certainly threw down w Senor Blues and even created his own Afro groove w Cape Verden Blues(my Brazilian colleagues love it and tell me it's definitely not a poorly executed Samba knockoff. Oh that beautiful son of an African from Cape Verde). Any conguera/conguero in the world would know exactly what to do w the one bar guajea of Lee Morgan's Sidewinder as they would find their very natural groove on Curtis Mayfield or Marvin Gaye song. And any clever conga player would hear the 2/3 Son in early Ray Charles or in any Motown song(hermanos, groove along to Martha Reeves Dancin in the Streets or Gladys Knight Nitty-gritty. Play the Rumba on any Gospel Praise Break on KZread). Soooooo, let go of musical nationalism and arrogance toward the AfricanAmerican contribution to AfroGroove. Ooooooorrr.....give us back the Backbeat!!!! Give back Dat Funk, baby, Dat Shuffle and Dat Swing! I prefer (to YOU) my brothers and sisters in Brazil:SAMBAFUNK! Mix, match, share, learn, jam. Dizzy & Chano. Roy&Changuito. Wayne&Milton. Shirley Horn & Jobim. GIVE US BACK THE BACKBEAT, BRO, if you care to continue to look down your nose at AfAm musicians. Maestro Eric certainly doesn't :Don Alias and Ralph Mcdonald are among his heroes. PEACE OUT. 🌹🇺🇸🌹😎

@brendaboykin3281

3 жыл бұрын

CUMBIA/CAPE VERDEAN😳

@brendaboykin3281

3 жыл бұрын

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Glad to see that new skin on there.

Good job ! Eric

Muchas Gracias x lo enseñado y pasiecia para dar esos detalles q son Muy importante..saludos desde Perú 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪

Those open slaps sound sweet man. I can tell you enjoy sharing the knowledge you have to fellow congueros. Are you thinking bout putting steer on the tumba?

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

reallife828 mayyyyyyybe 🤗

Thank you brother!!!!

I’m really enjoying your tutorials and thanks for breaking down the science of it all. While I’m trying to get a hold on the patterns do you believe that “really feeling” the rhythm comes at some point by practicing the fundamentals?

@APercussionLife

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I do believe so... as well as listen to music that it relates with and playing along with it or playing with other people as well.... it’s like getting to know a culture... that’s where the feel comes from. Thanks for the support!

Good teacher. You can make a video in Spanish of Guaguanco with the two congas. Thanks from Colombia. Blessings

I have found that in NY, often the guaguanco is played with the segundo part on the 3 side of the clave, instead of the 2 side, the way it is traditionally played Cuba. Not necessarily saying it is wrong, just different.

Excellent

Thank you so much☺☺☺☺ got it now

Good videos!!!! Keep it up

your amazing keep going

Yea buddy! Thank you

gracias... 🎼🎵🎶

A video with the matanzas version, would be great to see the difference.

During the second half of the 19th century, several secular dance-oriented music styles were developed by Afro-Cuban workers in the poor neighbourhoods of Havana and Matanzas. These syncretic styles would later be referred to as "rumba", a word that also meant "party". Traditionally, the three main styles of rumba are yambú, columbia and guaguancó, each of which has a characteristic dance, rhythm and singing.

awesome you got it down packed

Thank you very much

Great tutorial. Easy teaching style. ✌ Is the clave app available for Android or only Apple?

Gracias maestro

Cool thanks for the app info, just installed. Is there any other good apps like this one???

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Try "Salsa Rhythm"... Let's you choose different styles of salsa and what instruments to listen to

great video on the havana guaguanco and noting its rumba tradition. Do you record your audio to the camera? If the audio track is outside the camera do you use a clapboard? Which video editing app, and Audio workstation app do you use?

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Jakethemase thank you! In this particular video (and the majority of my videos) I record with an external mic that runs through the audio in the camera... on other more complex videos I use an audio interface and I clap 3 times when I start recording to sync the audio to the camera’s audio.

Que bello! Estoy aqui 28 de Marzo. I do not know Guaguanco! Es muy importante aprenderlo~!

WOW love the sound of that manito skin, wish I could get one here in Guayaquil Ecuador.

que te mejores, bro!

@APercussionLife

6 жыл бұрын

Aquiles Linfante Gracias!

Excellent.

Tu instrucción está muy bien en lo poco que pude entender, nesicito eest en español gracias

@APercussionLife

6 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/emuNmLCHecapZ7g.htmlsi=chrGcClAWweneyhz

Hi Eric I was wondering which onomatopoeia you are using for remembering sons ? BA for bass ? Ta for slap ? And the rest?

Great!!

ese cuero esta del carajo! saludos desde australia

Tuesday taco Mr percussionist,you are appreciated thanks for your lessons,I'm learning it's a process ,was it difficult for yourself in the beginning? You've come a long way😎😁

@APercussionLife

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! And yessssss Very difficult... but with time and practice and putting in the work... it was possible

Gracias por el video. Can you write out each movement with how it lays out with the rumba clave. Please tell us where each falls as the clave cyclyes through. So when the calve starts on 2+ on the three side then the pattern starts on 3. Verdad?. Okay then what do we play on 4 then on 4+ then as we come on to the 1 of the two side what do we play then the 1+ then the 2 then 2+ and then 3 and 3+ and then 4 and then 4+ then as we come back onto the three side what would be played on the 1 then 1+ then 2 then 2+. After that we would be on 3 of the 3 side and would start with the open tone. If you could tell us the above it would help greatly. Thank you kindly.

Real nice

Excelente aprendizaje y enseñanza hermano. Un abrazo desde Monterrey, México!

Can you do un updated version of this where you count each note and where you include the count for what is payed on the side with the palitos? Thank you.

Thank you

Negro you are amazing Thanks alot loco U are amazing great musician

Cara voce é 1000

That Manito skin sounds nice on your conga. I think Im going to bite the bullet and buy one for my patatos

You know the klave the right way!, Finally! Yeyyy! So many people argue this with me. But I understand they just don't know, and I just have to leave them dumb. haha..

Puede tocarlo con la clave sonando en el fondo para que escuchemos como se cuenta las notas? Gracias.

Eric could you do a video on Guarapachangueo Pattern? Plzzzz.

Hola me agradan mucho tus videos por favor le podrias poner subtitulos en español para entenderte mejor. Gracias

Excelente video al fin aprendí Cómo se hace el guaguanco. Una sugerencia para mejorar Sería bueno invertir el video para que así al practicar coincidan las manos derecha e izquierda

Muy bueno . El nombre del app x favor saludos

Saludos Erik quiero saber el precio de un set de cuero cintetyco

Brother when will you do a tutorial on the quinto in guaguancó? I never understand what the player on the quinto is doing. I feel it is amazing, but it is a completely mystery what they are doing.

@MartinLewisEsq

4 жыл бұрын

They are doing many things; working with the dancers, accenting the singers, leaving space for the tumba and tres dos to converse, interacting with the other drummers (here is an example of that kzread.info/dash/bejne/hn5hl6qOqdGXac4.html).

thanks for that slap hint!!

merci de partager

What are you referring to when you say "hit"? Do you mean the 2nd note of the clave on the three side? Because it sounds like you are beginning the rhythm on the 3rd note on the three side of the clave.

Great video lol gracias

Can anyone give examples of songs where they use this rhythm pattern?

Hi master, can you show how to do the bazie Please

Transcribed music would make life easier for me.

Hola, ¿cómo se llama la App de la clave por favor?

Nice