Guaguancó variations on congas Tutorial by Michael de Miranda

[@mariopalomo9691]

Gracias from San Francisco CA

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Muchas gracias! Saludos desde Alemania!

[@alexeiderevitsky4152]

Super !!! Thanks from Paris

[@davidargall1719]

Really clear, concise and helpful.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, David!!

[@KaizenTao]

Wonderful demonstrations and palatable progressions! Thank you for sharing your skills and passion with the world, Michael!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much!! Enjoy it!

[@pvillez]

Thank you very much for this tutorial! very helpful

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You're welcome and I wish you good luck with it!!

[@slack3001]

I am enjoying your tutorial while sheltering in Seattle from COVID-19. Percussion gives me joy during these hard times.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

I am glad that you are enjoying the videos. I wish you good luck and stay healthy!

[@melfuentes4184]

Very good presentation !!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much!

[@samnavedo6478]

Michael you're a great teacher. The step by step and details you present makes learning the rhythms and patterns a pleasure. Your vast knowledge of anything percussion and enthusiasm shines through. Thank you for everything you do. I have a request , can you do a Matanza style Guaguanco using two congas.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Sam Navedo Thank you very much, Sam! I am happy to hear that you enjoy my videos so much. In a few weeks I will make a video about the Matanzas style.

[@CARLITOSWEYELUNICO]

Thank you so much, your answer was fast. I think so this channel for us is a modern percussion school, bcz you mix the Traditional music and the Westerm culture. Don´t give up! One Love!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Carlitos! I hope you will enjoy the variations.

[@af049486]

Amazing in it's simplicity! Thanks Michael!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You're welcome. Enjoy it!

[@franciscorivera6271]

yes , michael your are great “!! the best !! thank you always !!

[@APercussionLife]

Such a Good breakdown Michael!!!

[@macschomo]

Wie immer super. Mit viel Geschmack.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Schomo Danke Schomo!!!

[@macschomo]

Ganz ehrlich der beste Percussion Kanal bei youtube.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Danke Schomo! Ich bin wirklich froh dass es dir so gut gefällt!!

[@KwandoRay]

Very Nice Maestro, thanking you always!!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You're welcome, Ray! Enjoy it!

[@GrootsieTheDog]

That last variant sounds almost exactly like a riff in one of my favorite solo conga tumbao intros except the palm is first and then the flam - Cal Tjader’s “Cuban Fantasy”.

[@carlostorrez7388]

Michael antes te quería... Ahora te quiero mas..jjajjaj..gracias amigo me solucionasteis un problema..abrazo grande

[@MultiLuisedgardo]

Gracias Maestro!!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

De nada, Luis!!

[@carlostorrez7388]

Michael..puedes hacer una intro al guaguanco..algunas maneras de empezar el ritmo..gracias

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thanx, Maestro.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You're welcome!

[@NiltonBoaezpercussa]

Good afternoon teacher! Maestro, could you make a video lesson of the Majao rhythm and its variations?

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Unfortunately I don't know the Majao rhythm. So I need examples of how it is played, so I can analyze it.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Hi Michael - Your music notation is a bit confusing here because, as you state, the Guanguanco pattern conga melody normally starts at the end of measure 1 (on 4 ) and continues into the second measure ( when a 3-2 clave is being used) but here your music notation shows the melody starting on the 4 of the second measure and continuing into the first measure - leading into the variation that occurs in the second measure.

[@TiqueO6]

Yes, that's how I see it as well, when he first counted off on this clip I went "uh oh", now I see the notation in the image there and that could have the same problem as you mentioned. It certainly would have been more clear if he noted the clave in relation to the notation, he does that pretty quickly on inside the video so anyone not just taking the first moments as the end all and be all should figure it out if not immediately, eventually. That could be misleading to some people who are not familiar with modern Cuban Rumba. (Of course some pretty old Rumbas are done the notated way. I wonder who started doing it the way we do it now and why, if you know I certainly would love to know!)

[@carlosfernandotorrez7789]

Hello, bolivia.. saludos.. not speak inglish jjejeje

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

carlos fernando torrez Hola Carlos, no problemo. No hablo español... jejeje. Saludos desde Holanda!

[@opus88888]

Sabroso

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

opus88888 Gracias!