He is currently offering private lessons for his own personal method for playing bata rhythms on congas part 1, and heads courses or master classes run by french conservatoires and music schools. Read about ezequiel in the miami new times 1997 article, the beat generator. Most common is a four on the floor bass drum pattern, with a skippingtype hat pattern. Snare drum tom i tom 2 tom 3 tom 4 bass drum cymbals closed hihat in drum sheet music cymbals and hihat are represented by a xshaped note. You can play this drum fill with various bass drum and cymbal or hihat patterns. Cuba, diaspora, and the drum, professor umi vaughan reminds us of what every percussionist, possessed by the spirit of the drum, must do eat, drink, sleep, and dream drums. Elewe music and dance includes tracks of traditional music from the yoruba tribe, located in modernday nigeria. Cheat sheat on sequencing drum patterns for push, launchpad, or other midi devices. Again, its all about experimentationand going with what sounds right. This first installment is dedicated to the tumbadora, aka conga drum. I love using my launchpad pro and push 2 for step sequencing.
This is the fruit of an exhaustive project that required many years of reflection aimed at finding a method for one percussionist to play bata polyrhythms on 3 congas. Transcriptions of the drum patterns discussed in this video, along with many o. Jesus perez and the transculturation of the cuban bata drum. However, not being latino nor raised in the traditions, no claim is made for the. Save bata drums to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. The rhythms are rich and complex, challenging any drummer or percussionist. When you play this beat, play your crashes on the a of four with a snare hit instead of a bass hit.
These drums are typically found in sets of three, including the okonkolo, the small, higherpitched drum, the iya, or lead drum, and itotele, the harmonious counterpart to the iya. A newbies introduction to conga drums preface the following is a collection of information and miscellaneous lore that the author has collected from a variety of teachers and sources including being shown a thing or two by a couple of authentic cuban players. The traditions state that the sacred bata drums have a. Then, increase the tempo of your metronome by 5 or 10 bpm every time you feel comfortable with the speed. The hourglassshaped bata drum is used in santeria to contact the.
The bata drum is a popular african instrument which originated in nigeria from the land of yoruba. If possible, record all four measures of each track without stopping. But the main goal, says miyoshi, is to make sure the inside of the drum isnt perfectly smooth. As these wont be sacred drums, it doesnt have to be cedro from south american rainforests. All of the instant drum patterns from five pin press, 200 instant drum patterns, 260 instant drum patterns and instant rap drum patterns are in standard midi files format.
I heard some sounds in that original kit that i used,so im just gonna copy this to a new group. Adrian coburgs transcription book of afrocuban bata scores contains basic bata rhythm patterns and additional solo parts. However, african music has been the tool for the realization of this project and consistently proved successful over the ages. The patterns use general midi percussion note mapping. My goal with this set of articles is to share a few traditional percussion rhythms and techniques that can be applied to the drumset. How to play a basic conga drum sequence wonderhowto. The bata drum ensemble the use of drum in yoruba land cannot be over emphasis because of its role as the foundation of the ensemble. The bata rhythms are presented in a definite order to call the orishas.
While youre stuck at home, make the most of your time by learning a new language, skill, or even train for a remotework job with our new premium online courses check them out. Bata drums are a type of afrocuban drum, which originated from the yoruba people of west africa, more specifically, nigeria. Use of drum breakssignals to set tempos and to indicate the starting and ending of rhythms. Developing individual and group technique, sound, and identity by kenneth george schweitzer dissertation submitted to the faculty of the graduate school of the university of maryland, college park in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of musical arts 2003 advisory committee. How to read the notation t bass b tone s slap, rest accent appears above the note to be accentedplayed louder. In addition to the professional drummers who take turns playing the three doubleheaded bata, shaking a rattle.
Ezequiel torress handcrafted bata drums reflect both an art and a calling. It consists of three different sized, doubleheaded drums shaped like an hourglass. The bata drums, when used for yoruba rituals in cuba, are played in sets of three. Bata drums are played only by professional drummers and are. Heavy metal drum fills are usually fast passed and brutal sounding. A tour through some classic beats in a variety of genres, with visualizations. Of course, there are many tools that generate good, realsounding drum parts from prerecorded patterns or intelligent programming, but for those artists who might prefer to play or at least create all their own parts from scratch, here are just a few drum basics for reluctant nondrummers. In the early years of my musical training, i would. Other drum makers pick the patterns they carve to complement the grain of the wood or the shape of the drum. The bata is actually a threedrum set that can be struck by hand or with a stick. It is thought to be derived from the makuta drums or similar. The conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, singleheaded cuban drum with african antecedents. These pages have been converted from the authors set of html pages into a pdf document via.
Bata drumming basic scores performing arts entertainment. The speed and power at what theyre performed are usually way too high for any beginner. Cubans loved the sound and spiritual significance of the drums so much that they even adopted the bata drum. The yoruba people consider the bata a sacred musical instrument. Bata means drum in yoruba, a language spoken in west africa. Anyone can play djembe by paulo mattioli introduction. Each drum has two skinned coats of different diameters mounted onto the hoops on each of. Again, use the rhythm scoresnotation to get a visual on the rhythm. In addition to the professional drummers who take turns playing the three double headed bata, shaking a rattle. His transcription book of afrocuban bata scores contains basic bata rhythm patterns and. Recording drum tracks stdt assit st drum beats 43 the following is a diagram of where to locate specific sounds on the midi keyboard for each drum beat. More important for a drum is the shape, so talk to your carpenter about it, or ask local drummakers. Matt hains drummer previously known as drummerboyza some basic patterns for the beginner djembe player to practice. Now that i have my basic idea for my melody,i wanna look at adding some drums.
They require a software or hardware sequencer that can read standard midi files. One is to bring out the tone of the drum, while the other is to cover the one that brings out the tone of. The content included within this free drum lesson will take your linear drumming to a whole new level. The instruments, the rhythms, and the people who play them. I usually add at least a kick, snare, and maybe a hihatjust to get the foundation for my drum pattern. Intermediate linear drum beats learn how to play linear. His transcription book of afro cuban bata scores contains basic bata rhythm patterns and. This free drum lesson is geared towards intermediate players, so if you havent already, check the free drum lesson.
My preference for producing drum and bass and breakbeat over house probably originates from my love of solid drums and contemporary rhythmic variety. Traditional rhythms of the bata drums performance in world music series john amira, steven cornelius on. Orange cloth covers with green gilt lettering on spine. Drums in drum sheet music the various drum elements are represented by a rounded note. This is the part of the drum that bring out the tone of the drum. Drum teacher jason horsler summarizes the beats he teaches his groups of wider opportunities pupils. Andy griffiths progressive rock drumming from beginner to advanced student.
Not in a metaphorical sense, but they really can be used to speak the yoruba language, and have been used traditionally to recite prayers, religious poetry, greetings, announcements, praises for leaders, and even jokes or teasing. At least three people sit, each with a different size drum, and act out call and response patterns on the drums. Although subtle variety within the drum sequencing is necessary, it. For drums the woodtype is not that important like for other musical instruments, where the wood is vibrating and producing sound. The bata drum holds immense historical and religious value for african and cuban cultures. The instruments, the rhythms, and the people who play them don skoog, alejandro carvajal guerra on. Besides showing you exactly how to play five linear drum beats, dave atkinson teaches you how to come up with new fills and beats from any linear pattern you encounter.
In yoruba land, bata drum has different parts which are. The role of the drum is not different from the string section of the classical western symphony. They were traditionally rope tuned, but today, through the use of stateoftheart machinery, lp bata drums are wrench tuned. Traditionally batas are ceremonial drums that are played in groups. The purpose of this book is to make available a selection of santeria rhythms to all. The bata are played by three seated drummers having the drums lying on their knees and held in place by a strap or cord under. Drum patterns for electronic music subaqueous music. As mentioned above, you dont want to make your drum patterns too distracting, but its much easier to build a. Arnold is one of the few percussionists able to play virtually all of the vast. I made this free pdf download to help me use a step sequencer on the fly. These toques are traditionally played by 3 musicians on 3 different drums, each equipped with 2 heads. The instruments, the rhythms, and the people who play them skoog, don, guerra, alejandro carvajal on. Originally created by the yoruba people of west africa, the bata drums were integrated into cuban culture as a result of the slave trade during the 1800s.
Africanbased rhythms for drum circles 3rd edition with added preparatory exercises, bellpattern exercises, and section on elements of rhythm. Africanderived pattern with equivalents in other afrolatin music. How bata drums talk and what they say the bata drums speak. Record the drum beats below into the software, one track at a time.
This is especially noticeable in the drums, where the hi hat is. Im sure youll agree with me when i say that drum programming isnt always the easiest part of music production. It is the major preserving agent of facts and values, which are passed from one generation to another. Bata drumming basic scores free download as word doc.
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