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Krakatoa - Styles - Latin-Rock - Betty's Santana

 
 

 

  
 

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Background

One of our members, Betty, brought in a CD of Santana.  We listened to one of the songs, liked the overall Groove and so we translated into Drum & Percussion parts.  We’ve added some shouts and visuals for showmanship.

Song's Accompaniment Style-Guidelines - See also Accompaniment Role-Guidelines:

Listen to an Flash Video Icon audio clip of the "Mother" Drum Groove for practicing:

Click here to see the Chord Chart.

Key: Am
|1 + 2 + 3    4    |1 + 2 + 3     4    |1 + 2 + 3    4 + |1     2 + 3    4    |

Song's Drum & Percussion Style-Guidelines - See also Instrument Role-Guidelines:

We’re actually playing a pretty long musical idea – a 4-Bar Phrase!

Role 1 "Father" Drum Style-Guidelines:

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   | Count 1/8-note Subdivisions
|1 + 2 + 3    4    |1 + 2 + 3     4    |1 + 2 + 3    4 + |1     2 + 3    4      |
|F          c           |F          c           |F          c           |F          F            | F = Flam, c = click sticks together in air

Role 2 Steady Time-Keepers Style-Guidelines:

Metal – Cowbell a typical Mambo Latin Feel except for the shouts:

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Count 1/8-note Subdivisions
|1    2 +       Hey|1     2 +       Hey|1    2 + 3    4  + |1    2 + 3          |
|m   c  c             | m    c c             | m   c  c m   c  c | m   c  c m         | m = mouth, c = center

Wood – See also Role 5:

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Count 1/8-note Subdivisions
|1          3     Hey|1          3     Hey|1          3           |1    2    3           | 2-Pulse Feel + ¼-note Build-up

Shakers:

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Count 1/8-note Subdivisions
|1    2    3     Hey|1    2    3    Hey|1    2    3     4     |1 + 2 + 3           | ¼-note Beat + shout

Tambourine:

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Count 1/8-note Subdivisions
|      2           4     |      2           4   |      2           4    |      2    3     4    | Back-Beats + ¼-note Build-up + shouts

Rasp or Guiro:

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Count 1/8-note Subdivisions
|1    2 + 3     Hey|1    2 + 3    Hey|1    2 + 3     4 + |1 + 2 + 3          | Typical Latin Guiro pattern + shouts
|L    s  s L           |L    s  s L          |L    s  s L     s s | s  s  s  s s          | L = Long scrape, s = short scrape
|d    u  u d           |d     u u d          |d    u  u d     d d |d  d d  d d        | d = down-stroke, u = up-stroke

Role 3 "Mother" Drums Style-Guidelines:

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Count 1/8-note Subdivisions
|1 + 2 + 3    4    |1 + 2 + 3     4    |1 + 2 + 3    4 + |1     2 + 3    4    | B = Bass, F = muted Flam
|B o o o o    Hey|B o o o o     Hey|B o o o o    OO|B    OOB    F    | o = normal opens, O = loud Opens
|r  l   r  l  r          | r  l  r  l  r            |r   l  r  l  r     r  l | r     r  l  r    lR    | right-handed: r = right, l = left

Role 4 "Child" Drum Style-Guidelines:

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Count 1/8-note Subdivisions
|1 + 2    3 + 4    |1 + 2    3  + 4    |1 + 2    3 +       |1 +  2    3           |
|o o h    o o Hey|o o  h     o o Hey|o o h     o o       |o o  h    F         | o = open, h = hands/up, F = o Flam

Role 5 Advanced Time-Keepers Style-Guidelines:

Wood:  Claves or Woodblock:

|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Count 1/8-note Subdivisions
|1       +       Hey|1       +        Hey|1       +       4     |1       +       4    | 1-Bar Clave + shouts

Role 6 "Master" and Solo Drum Style-Guidelines:

The Quinto “Conga” Drum or Bongas will  be used by the Master Drummer to Call Responses from Soloists and can also be used to improvise w/ the vocals and dancers.  The Calls and Responses could be 1 Bar or more likely 2 Bars long, and usually respect the 1-Bar Clave rhythm – starting or stopping phrases on the notes played by the Clave.  They can also “play off” the other Time-Keeping patterns or Dialogue with any of the other Drum parts or Accompaniment players.

 
     
     
     
 
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