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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Conga Drums in Space and Time: Musical Theory of Time Positions and Polymetry, with Percussion Notation for Hand Drums

Conga Drums in Space and Time: Musical Theory of Time Positions and Polymetry, with Percussion Notation for Hand Drums

Pardo Aia, Jorge

Paperback

General Music

ISBN10: 1480832758
ISBN13: 9781480832756
Publisher: Archway Pub
Published: Jul 27 2016
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.38 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

Afro-Cuban percussion contributes essential characteristics to the richness of Latin American musical folklore, and its rhythmic systems hold a complexity and sophistication that deserve greater study among both learned and popular musical spheres.

In Conga Drums in Space and Time, author Jorge Pardo presents an exploration of the surprising ways rhythms can create three-dimensional space when properly structured, considering Afro-Cuban percussion in particular. He charts the emotional excitement felt by listeners when exposed to syncopated rhythms using a thought-provoking theory of time positions. These ideas then carry over into Pardo's own system of hand drum notation (HDN), a simple and straightforward iconography that allows percussionists of any level to sight-read two hand patterns and play authentic Conga rhythms in a short time. Through a combination of theory and practical exercises, Pardo takes musicians on an unusual rhythmic journey of discovery.

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