Examples, both in notation and recorded examples, include rhythmic patterns for single instruments and combinations including congas, bells, bembes, timbales, maracas, bongos, shekeres and claves. These illustrate a number of rhythmic styles including Yoruba, Nanigo, Dahomea, Bantu, carnival, rumba, son, quajiro, bolero, habanera, contradanza, danzon, mambo, charanga, pachanga, chachacha, Afro, descarga, pilon, boogaloo, salsa, songo, timba, and montuno.

The Afro-Cuban Percussion Handbook is packed with exercises and groove transcriptions for congas, timbales, and bongos. It is a must-have for anyone serious about Afro-Cuban music.

The Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along book and CD gives the drummer/percussionist an opportunity to play contemporary Afro-Cuban music in a big band setting. The book and CD includes six charts from the Grammy(R) Award-winning Caribbean Jazz Project album, Afro-Bop Alliance (featuring Dave Samuels). The tracks, minus the drum/percussion parts, will give the player an opportunity to solo and experiment with a variety of groove and/or style variations.

Afro-Cuban Rhythms: Gig Savers Complete Edition combines both of Trevor Salloum's popular previous editions. The material is designed for the intermediate to advanced percussionist who has some basic understanding of percussion notation. Part one is a collection of traditional rhythms ideal for a percussion ensemble or for the individual who wants to learn the authentic parts of each rhythm. The material is presented in a concise and user-friendly style. Part one includes information on Clave, Tumbao for one and two drums, Yambú, Guaguancó (Havana), Guaguancó (Matanzas), Rumba columbia, Conga (Havana), Conga (Matanzas) and Conga (Santiago). Part two is structured just like part one, but covers a different set of rhythms: Bembe, Makuta, Yuka, Palo, Arará, Abakuá (Havana), Abakuá (Matanzas), Gagá, Vudú and Iyesa. All rhythms presented in this edition are easily adapted to conga drums and Afro-Cuban hand percussion.

* Provides an encyclopedic collection of Cuban rhythms and styles for congas, timbales, and full percussion sections.* Congueros of all levels will benefit not only from the section for congas, but also by understand the accompanying patterns the timbales play for each rhythm/style. Vice versa for timbaleros.* Full rhythm charts are provided for folkloric rhythms that use large instrumentations. This can be performed easily by High School or College level percussion ensembles looking to expand their World Music repertoire.* More advanced percussionists will find the appendices containing quinto and caja solo patterns valuable.COMPANION DVD NOW AVAILABLE!!! https://www.createspace.com/317859

The Afro-Cuban Percussion module focuses on teaching traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and performance practices (orally as rote learning and by reading music notation). Within the nine lessons, students are engaged in music making experiences individually and as ensembles. Artist Portraits are included about such well-known artists as Celia Cruz, Ruben Gonzalez, and Tito Puente.

Updated to include 50 additional grooves, this encyclopedic book and two-CD set contains more than 450 musical examples in standard notation, showing grooves and practical variations. Overviews of the history and development of almost all popular music styles are covered alongside innumerable helpful performance tips. The two accompanying CDs feature performances of nearly 200 of the grooves, including every primary style example, all performed both with and without a click track. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, reggae, country, klezmer, ska, samba, punk, surf, heavy metal, latin rock, and funk; virtually every style a performing drummer will ever need to play is in there. This revised second edition also includes an updated bibliography and discography, as well as more historical information about the individual styles.