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YO PAY VARLOUS REIVTEIBHEE PA's
TERNS —MOSY COMMONLY Use in the
Rumba siyles You, Guage’, and
Columbia, When dhe Lernt is applied int
these siples it refers te both playing the
paliios—the iistrument—ae well as
playing the paditas riychin—ohiaiever
speeifie pattern is called for in the
particular piece hac is being ployed.
‘This is identical to saying “play clave,”
in that the erm encompasses both die
instrament smd the rhythede pauern,
‘The Palitos are traditionally played on
an instrument called the Cua Gua
piece of bambon mounted on a stand
that produces a hollow wooden sound,
(Guts-Gua is the tame of a bus or van in
Cuba—and Puerte Rico ancl other
Latin Ameriean Tslancls—andl this
instrument sort of drives the ensemble,
hence the adaplation of the name.) Ieis
also played oat any wood sound sch as
fgnve?
woodblock, shell of a conga drum,
shell or rim of Le bombo er lage tom-
tom, jam block, or anyching that pro-
duees a round, holes, wenden one. In
certain pieces or in sections of certain
pieces the palitos are alsa played ona
cowbell which ig either ncunted! or
stiapped to tbe side ofa bombo oF
tuoibadora (conga dium). This often
happens in section thiol bas builein
rhytlimic activity anc intensity. Some:
times the rhytianie pattern is also
hanged t@ i more active or shythmi=
cally complex ane, The sviteh from
veooel Go ret lung with the change in
patter increases dhe yohmme 2s well as
ereutes more intensity
‘The patterns of the palitos aie
closely’ ied to the clave, Generally, once
‘9 pallern is begin iL is kept constant
excep for perhaps au atranged change
ata specific section, Jn traditional styles
tbe palitos player does not improvise
within a piece, Init may introduce some
variations of tie paviern, fo vontradi-
tional siyles these patcerns are excellent
as improvisational wpolifs, especially
when used in Latin Juz siyles on tbe
diewin ser percussion and in soloing:
iin chese siyles
‘The palivas rhythms can be played
with edi her the Son er Rumba clave, butee
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combinations are éerived from thls
rhythin. Play this rhythm in one hand i
and thie clave rhythim in the other. Also
keep in mind that fou should be able to |
‘art these on eilhier bar to accommoclate
Doth the 2-2and 2-3 clave positions
sre most used in the Rumba sty
consequenily hearc! with the rumba clave.
Following is the Rumba clave with
the basic pal'to shythm {with no accents
for now). All of the seo-haniled palito
igo Dy Lb
ine dtodd ST dy
pded player. The first three examples contain
the most common accent patterns. The
first accents the rhythm of the clave, the
second accents the basic Rumbs rhythm
‘ofthe bomba, The third is the most i
common for comping, in the Son styles. i
all contain
‘The following are ovo")
combinations based 01 the basic pal:
tern above, There are a conple of things
to notice and practice. There isan
accent pattern (usually in the right
and) that outlines a specific rhythm
Which accent pattern is ised clepends The remaining patter
on the musical siyle being played and common variations,
: the chythmic effect desired by the
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core tad DL hy
Accant pottern eutlines the Cleve rhytiim
wpe) Lately
‘Accent pettern outlines the bombo rhythm.
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Notice how they line up with the clave
Each af the three pate
different degrees of rhyttonie fnensity
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Tid
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number of sles, Patuert Lis the basic
patiem, pattern M2 shows a different
Pefection of the same paltern. Patterns if
Sand A add some grace voter (ilams} to
the patiern.
‘The following are palite rhythms
played on the guagua in snanyf feels
Depending on the seving, arrangement
Semple it might he weed 0 2
any ofa
and en}
Rumba Columbia, Aba
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Cay “ode bass drum of
dl chere are a
these Cuban syyles
couple of different types uscel for
diflerent styles. For our purposes we'll
Tocus on the specific pauerns of eaely
syle vader thrsn dhe different dius,
Luv there ave a couple of specific deurns
ta be ware of
‘The hambo used by the Comparsas
for the Conga rhythinus of the: Cuban
Carnaval is.a flat and wide hvosacled
rtm that is hung around the player's
neck and played wilt canaller ar thick
dowel and the Land. The bombe wed
in Rumba can vary. jginal bombo
was the large Gajen—large wuodent box
frorn the sels of tree wooden boxes,
jones—originally used to play the
ple ix playedl for die
svit) Uhere sve vatia-
Rumba. The Hurnb Yamba is stl] very
often played! on the cajones and stil
ayses the mudisional hombo. The cajoues
are played with the bands, Por the
Rumba Gunguaneé the drum ean bea
lagge basa dlviist mounted o
a large bass erum qurned en ies sitle and
siuing on the floor wich the player
siuing ov lop of it and playing by reach-
ing down lo tie head on one side—
nich like how the drums of the Tuniba
He phiyed. This is phyed sith a
praflet or dowel aud dhe hand. Today
inany groups wse a large loor tom from
ia dlnum setaind- thal scemns io work quite
swell (or virtually at syfes
The first group of patierns are the
Fraidiamental pacts for the Rumba
‘Guaguancs, There are also improvised
varialians played as dhe energy aud
Inceosity ofthe Rumba progres
Vhexe cxmnples are weillen in the 32
clave position, The “+7 indicates
closer|/munted tones played hy noting
ie head wiih the hand and playing
closee! tones into the bead with the
mallet, The "o” is for open tones
tions that are ieprosised! by the pl
‘This is traviionally played on the
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“These patterns are for the Conga de
Comparsa and are also used forthe
Mozambique. (More on this later.)
Which of these petterns (s used and
when depends on the musical setting —
the ensemble, instrumentation, geo-
graphical region of origin of the piece
being played, and musical arrange-
ment, Again there are the basic Ume
Ser erie
pep arghr rt
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Following are 1wo paiterns for the
Mozambique. This rhythm evolved
from the Conga de Comparsa and was
developed primarily by Pello El Afro-
The following is another combina
tion from somne Mozambique arrange-
ments of Pello Fl Afrokan. These create
a much more syacopated feel, Thes®
hwo and the two above could be ar
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