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[@markbra]

I like how you said Americas too ! Because its a bigger place than most people think !

[@CongaChops]

🙏🏼

[@arubisudesu]

Just got my MEINL PEMBK maracas. Great tutorial & educational vid! Now I can practice the intro to Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion \m/

[@CongaChops]

Sick!!!

[@MoorenaEl]

Thank you so much for the lesson and the history!!!!

[@CongaChops]

Our pleasure!

[@MoorenaEl]

I'm left handed too!!!!

[@LeojAdrac]

This is awesome! Will you be adding full courses (similar to the amazing courses for conga, bingo, and timbales) for guiro, maracas, and other auxiliary percussion?

[@CongaChops]

Full courses dedicated solely to minor percussion probably not, but just like these short tutorials we will cover the basics and their involvement in the grander scheme of things : )

[@bigbaebae]

Thank you ❤

[@CaseyCangelosi]

This is great - thank you!

[@CongaChops]

Glad you found it useful 🙌🏼

[@j_wah3084]

So good, brother. Subscribed. Thank you!

[@CongaChops]

Glad you dig it!

[@wilfredoadames8201]

They differ in tone, one from the other. They are called "macho y hembra" for the difference in tone. It came to me that the hand which you use for each is different acording to the tone, right or left hand. I forgot the instruction. Can you explain?

[@CongaChops]

I’ve never heard the distinction in tone of a pair of maracas be referred to as “macho y hembra” when the maracas are both the same size. The term commonly indicates a difference in size between two instruments/drums. In the case of this style of maracas, the difference in pitch is more of a side effect, as opposed a deliberately sought after difference like when tuning a bongo for example. As for which (slightly lower or slightly higher pitched) maraca should be in your pulse keeping hand, that’s completely up to personal preference. In many cases folks will default to having the slightly higher pitched in their dominant hand. Hope that helps!

[@wilfredoadames8201]

@@CongaChops Thanks for your response. This observation I am selling it to you wholesale for when it came to me I was completely fresh to my interest in percussion. The macho hembra distinction was totally matter of fact in reference to the difference in tone, which was also matter of fact. I assumed it was due to having being built to make them sound different and macho hembra came by default, as in drums, as you point out. To tell you the truth I perceive a difference in tone but am not certain it is due to the maracas, as opposed to my own right-left hearing. Probably the reference is very old school, from before your time, which I would not be surprised. Your style of exposure is new to me, it is very good, your accent shows but so is your knowlwdge and control of the english language. It is a refreshing style of exposure and diction. Congratulations and Blessings. Keep it up for percussion is the most democratic form of musical expression. I am not sure if you are Puertorican, I suppose you are, but Puertorican percussion is among the most democratic of all.

[@bogbrither]

I'm trying with my toddler's toys. I have no rhythm 😂

[@jaosalsa3112]

Excelente 👌

[@CongaChops]

Saludos y gracias!

[@AngelMendez-kr1sk]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="32">0:32</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="146">2:26</a>

[@CongaChops]

Yes, that’s part of the video 🙌🏼

[@_victor_piano]

I have been looking for good maracas, could you recommend me some? Wonder which maracas are you using in the video and if those are made of plastic? Thank you!

[@CongaChops]

The maracas in this video are the LP395 Rawhide Maracas 🙌🏼

[@_victor_piano]

@@CongaChops Thank you! very kind

[@Misael123-fk1jx]

Son de plastico o cuero?

[@_victor_piano]

@@Misael123-fk1jx no estoy seguro de que material es, pero no son de plástico. En la página lp hay mas información.

[@Misael123-fk1jx]

Las recomienda para musica de trios?

[@jonnyrodriguez6544]

Que modelo de maracas es? Y se puede usar en más estilos?

[@mariacmartinez7913]

Jenny Rodriguez,son las famosas Pan con Queso apodo de su creador Carlos Emilio Landaeta(qepd) de Caracas Venezuela

[@CongaChops]

Las Maracas LP393 Rawhide : ) Seguro, como se explica en el video las maracas tienes varios usos en diferentes contextos musicales!

[@CongaChops]

Saludos María, las maracas que utilizamos en este video son de la compañía Latin Percussion, modelo LP393 : )

[@djclaudito]

I also have some Lp maracas and they are magnificent . the people are not araucano they are mapuche.

[@CongaChops]

That depends who you ask! Impossible to trace and verify with 100% certainty. Unless you have a time machine I can borrow, in which case there are a few things I’d like to see 😅

[@ninaocanas4906]

Where can I buy these maracas????

[@CongaChops]

Lpmusic.com 🙌🏼

[@user-yi7ng3cj1c]

What is the song's name?

[@CongaChops]

It’s one of the Practice Loops included on our CongaChops Practice Loops App Vol 1: Myxstem.com/congachops-vol-1

[@alexanderpiano6406]

Los Mapuches no vivieron en el centro de Chile limitaron al centro con el imperio Inca que llegaba hasta Stgo, su ubicacion siempre fue AL SUR del biobio, y no tienen ninguna palabra ni instrumento similar a las maracas , el kultrun solo tiene una semilla adentro y es un tambor redondo y las cascawuillas son basicamente un cascabel, nada hay similar a las maracas ni tampoco esa palabra, ultimamente hay una fuerte politica indigenista en mi pais que intenta vincularlos con otros grupos para generar un discurso de "opresor oprimido" incluso copiaron el BLM por mapuches lives matter, la explicacion que das en el video me deja mas una sensacion de activismo politico que de exactitud musical.

[@CongaChops]

Imposible definir con certeza absoluto el origen de la palabra tanto como del instrumento. No contamos con ninguna afiliación ni agenda política. El hecho de que hayas llegado a esa conclusión, pues no se que decirte.