Latin Music Styles and Techniques

With Applications to the Instrumental Program

Clinic Outline

 

I.               Soul Sauce by demo group

II.             Demonstrate instruments and techniques

a.     Claves

                                               i.     3 – 2

                                             ii.     2 – 3

b.     Guiro

                                               i.     Cuban

                                             ii.     Mexican

                                            iii.     Metal

c.     Maracas/Shaker/Cabasa

d.     Cowbell

                                               i.     Open strokes

                                             ii.     Closed strokes

                                            iii.     Cross strokes

e.     Bongos (Martillo)

f.      Congas (Tumbao – more tomorrow morning!)

g.     Timbales

                                               i.     Cowbell

                                             ii.     Paila

                                            iii.     Abanico

III.           Basic Latin-American Musical Styles

a.     Afro-Cuban

                                               i.     Son-Montuno (mm. 144)

                                             ii.     Mambo (mm. 152)

                                            iii.     Cha-cha-ch‡ (mm. 132)

                                            iv.     Bolero (mm. 100)

                                             v.     Guiro (6/8) (mm. 104)

b.     Brazilian (demonstrate in item IV)

                                               i.     Samba

                                             ii.     Bossa Nova

c.     Other

                                               i.     Merengue (Dominican Republic) (mm. ±152)

                                             ii.     Calypso (Trinidad) (mm. 100)

IV.          Applications to the Jazz Band

a.     Supplementing the drum set

                                               i.     Samba

1.     Demonstrate just drum set

2.     Demonstrate supplemented with rhythm instruments

                                             ii.     Bossa Nova

1.     Demonstrate just drum set

2.     Demonstrate supplemented with rhythm instruments

b.     Replacing the drum set with rhythm section

                                               i.     Afro-Cuban styles

V.            Applications to the Marching Band

a.     Authentic instruments, techniques and styles in ÒpitÓ

                                               i.     Latin percussion instruments

                                             ii.     Montunos in keyboard percussion

b.     Converting to Battery Instruments

                                               i.     Montunos in pit

                                             ii.     Clave rhythm + maraca/shaker in snares

                                            iii.     Conga/bongo rhythms in tenors

                                            iv.     Bass montuno in bass drums

                                             v.     Clave rhythm, guiro or upbeats in cymbals

c.     Demonstrate above with MIDI recording of Guantanamera

VI.          Applications to the Concert Band

a.     Applying authentic Latin sounds and techniques (Williams: Symphonic Dance No. 3 ÒFiestaÓ)

b.     Bringing Latin sounds and techniques to non-Latin Music (Chance: Incantation and Dance)

VII.        Questions

VIII.      Acknowledgements