One of my guaguas was sold to Rafael over at Sentimiento Manana blog a great blog about rumba, with a focus on the "good ol' days" of the New York rumba scene.
Thanks Rafael!
10/21/2008
Guagua review
One of my guaguas was sold to Rafael over at Sentimiento Manana blog a great blog about rumba, with a focus on the "good ol' days" of the New York rumba scene.
Thanks Rafael!
Instruments used in rumba
Partly for my blog and partly for the search engines I am going to list some of the instruments used in a rumba ensemble.
Congas / Conga / Tumbadora / Tumbadoras (go by many names, here are a few): Requinto, Quinto, Conga, Tumba, Tumbadora Salidor, Tres Dos, Tres Golpes. These are the conga drums, sometimes named for their size, their role, or the part they play in the rhythm.
Bata drums: these are being used in modern rumba (batarumba) they are the Iya, Itotole and the Okonkolo
Cajon / Cajons: wooden boxes of different shapes and sizes.
Bell / Bells: Campana, Cencerro (Spanish terms) and the Guataca which is a hoe blade.
Clave / Claves.
Guagua, Gua-gua, Cata, Pallitos: a peice of bamboo with a slit or holes played with sticks, sometimes a box played with spoons.
Shakers: usually a Shekere which is a gourd with beads on it, also sometimes Maracas or Marugas. Sometimes Nkembi are used, they are little shakers strapped to the wrists, usually of a drum player.
So I've made a few of these instruments and am looking forward to making more.
I'll be posting pictures as I go along, this is mainly the "rough beginnings" to my blog.
Congas / Conga / Tumbadora / Tumbadoras (go by many names, here are a few): Requinto, Quinto, Conga, Tumba, Tumbadora Salidor, Tres Dos, Tres Golpes. These are the conga drums, sometimes named for their size, their role, or the part they play in the rhythm.
Bata drums: these are being used in modern rumba (batarumba) they are the Iya, Itotole and the Okonkolo
Cajon / Cajons: wooden boxes of different shapes and sizes.
Bell / Bells: Campana, Cencerro (Spanish terms) and the Guataca which is a hoe blade.
Clave / Claves.
Guagua, Gua-gua, Cata, Pallitos: a peice of bamboo with a slit or holes played with sticks, sometimes a box played with spoons.
Shakers: usually a Shekere which is a gourd with beads on it, also sometimes Maracas or Marugas. Sometimes Nkembi are used, they are little shakers strapped to the wrists, usually of a drum player.
So I've made a few of these instruments and am looking forward to making more.
I'll be posting pictures as I go along, this is mainly the "rough beginnings" to my blog.
The Gourd Farm
www.gourdfarmer.com
Anyways, I was a little after season, but they still had a huge selection, and very cheap prices. I had recently got about 5 gourds from The Caning Shop in Berkeley. It was nice enough, but the prices and selection at Leiser Farms can't be beat.
So I got 9 gourds, 3 sets of three. I am planning on making 3 Agbe / Guiro shekere sets. An Agbe set contains 3 shekeres; small, medium and large, and they should vary in tone as well. I am going to be experimenting with construction methods and types of beads to see what I think really works and looks best.
Considering a shekere was the first instrument I made I thought it would be suiting to start of this post with shekeres.
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