Timbales transition lesson by Michael de Miranda

In salsa music the timbalero often gives the cue to go from one part to the next part. There are of course lots of possibilities to do this. In this tutorial I give some examples.
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[@oceantree5000]

Absolutely perfect stuff for the beginner timbalero- which, as of two weeks ago, I am! Thanks so much, Michael, for your work. I’m going to go back and watch all these now.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much. I wish you good luck!!

[@pianomuziek]

you are the best teacher, the best inforrmed, and the most indicated significant one THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE michael

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very very much and enjoy the video's!!

[@allanmartinez5880]

I have to say this THANK GOD YOU HERE TO TEACH YOUR LESSONS BEST EVER GRACIAS

[@davethomas2757]

Michael, thanks so much for these videos. As a middle school teacher, I use them with my percussionists frequently. I hope you keep doing them. Dave

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Your welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@agustinzapata9007]

Mejor aula que vi. Todo explicado y en partituras. Excelente.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Muchas gracias!!

[@drumspacebasel6905]

very helpful and well explained! thank you!

[@jessesandoval7326]

This Dutch brother has a lot of talent and, clearly, a great deal of passion for the Timbales. I just wish he spoke with a strong Spanish accent to bring some SABROSURA to the mix! Vamos chico!!

[@rolandosp7216]

El mejor maestro de percusion y de vida ...grande michael

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Rolo santillan pinedo Muchas gracias, Rolo!😊

[@flynnblaine3955]

InstaBlaster...

[@Congadrummingcom]

Great video mate. Finally I can watch at a sensible pace - clear and interesting.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, mate! I'm glad that you enjoy my channel. I will continue with posting more videos on Patreon: www.patreon.com/MichaeldeMiranda I hope to see you there!

[@AliciaLopez-rx8vz]

Nice! Easy to follow lesson.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Alicia!

[@tumbadora5614]

MERCIIIIIIIIIIIIII Comme d'habitude les explications sont très claires mon sauveur

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Merci beaucoup!

[@fernandotimbal2822]

gracias maestro por todos esos aportes que haces por esta via eres la unica persona hasta ahora que si le interesa enseñar de verdad que dios lo bendiga por siempre desde santo domingo R.D un amigo de veras

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Muchas gracias, Fernando!!

[@salsero619]

Excellent video! If you can, please, could you do a lesson dealing with the proper technique for timbale abanicos? (paradiddles, etc.) I am learning how to play timbales and I have not seen ANYONE explain techniques as extensively and as patiently as you do, Michael. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and talent!

I find your videos very helpful, Michael. Thank you very much and congratulations for your work.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much, Benítez!

[@haochenlong8213]

Thank you!

[@MartinO1O]

As usual very useful videos. Thanks.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much!!

[@CCConservatory]

Nicely done. You're a good teacher. Lots of "demonstrators." There's a big difference.

[@jorgepino8254]

Nicely explained, thank you

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You are welcome, Jorge!!

[@victormdeleon1878]

Excelente tutorial muy bien explicado.

[@pepecebolla69]

What an excellent and informative video. Thank you so much! Keep making them! :)

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

+Rodrigo Ipince Thank you very much!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you!!

[@davidcuadrado648]

Thank you Michael for this instruction. It is exactly perfect timing at my skill level presently. These are the transitions that I needed to be broken down and shown how to fit them into the clave. Saludos desde New Jersey.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Your welcome, David! Good luck with practicing these transitions!!

[@talibal-mishlab]

As always, well demonstrated!! Muchas gracias!!

[@quinn4626]

Best timbales lesson I've seen. Thank you, Michael!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Quinn Thank you, Quinn!!

[@Caballeroscuro78]

Gran Maestro!

[@Permercuore]

muy Bueno! Master! sigue asi.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thanks!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Muchas gracias!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thanks a lot!!

[@frankielemon1]

thank you michael......great explanation great utility.ciao

[@INRIANAOFFICIAL]

Muchas gracias por los videos y saludos desde una Indonesiana en Dubai. You're an excellent teacher. I hope to be able to improve very soon after watching your tutorials.

[@alanfurlong-drummer4419]

great lesson thank you

[@Fridancefr]

great as usual thank you!!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

You are right, normally your left hand is on the hembra. The reason I play the clave is to show that it is a 2/3 clave and where the transitions are in the clave. For the explanation it is good to know how it fits in the clave. But normally the transitions are on the same place but the left hand is on the hembra.

[@MrDrummer3321]

Gracias amigo, muy claro y ameno tu material, saludos desde Medellin - Colombia.

[@jmblanco69]

Very clear explanation. Good video as usual with you. Thanks and Greetings from Cali, Colombia

[@Mr2plus3]

You're lessons are awesome

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much!!

[@cursosdebaileenmexico6374]

Thank you very much, Michael :)

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

CuBa MX Your welcome!

[@MrNejaa]

Excelente ! Saludos.

[@horaciocordero6234]

Brillante lección! Como es de costumbre.

[@pipeline555]

Muy buen video !!!

[@TheCencerro]

Verdaderamente MASTER,,,,,, gracias

[@ricovery1]

nice lesson mike.

[@jorgesanchez-dg9kz]

good evening teacher michael, thank you very much for the lessón is very clear the explanatión for learning of the timbales

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Good morning, Jorge. I'm glad you've enjoyed this video. Have fun with it!

[@calitosdres]

Thanks for sharing this great video =)

[@mcpdrum]

You’re the best teacher ever. Awesome 🙌

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you very much!! I am creating new videos on Patreon www.patreon.com/MichaeldeMiranda Perhaps you want to join me there?

[@joenormile1088]

Thank you Michal. I enjoy your patience in dealing with Timbales...lessons. 101. I was inspired to learn how to play Timbales as a results of the Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corp. Alumni of NJ. The Timbales stand out in their performance... check them out.. Regards Joe. keep up the great work...

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you, Joe! Perhaps you can send me a link, so I can see what they play.

[@joenormile1088]

Hi Micael on You Tube search Hawthorne Caballeros Alumnai 1995 Grand Prix Clifton NJ video also 2016 shows what Timbales can add to this great Corp.

[@carlosiglesias7770]

i am from venezuela and want learn how is the abanico when the start the coro or when start the singer

[@shalbra77]

Heel goed Michael. Het klingt prima! It is the first time I've heard transitions explained relative to the clave notes. Fantastisch! Ik heb je net gevonden op de internet and will continue to follow.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Your welcome and have fun with it!!

[@buyunmonroy309]

Sólo para saludarlo maestro de maestros y desearle lo mejor de lo mejor.,de la capital de México D.F.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

+Buyun Monroy Muchas, muchas gracias! Abraço desde Holanda!

[@cabaret1316]

Bravo supermaster saudos de california

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Muchas gracias! Saludos desde Holanda!!

[@aledyd9058]

hola tendras samples del timbal?

[@nicolasmendoza6128]

alguna aplicasion paradescar los videos...?

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Well, both ways are valid. I think playing the rimshot on the three is done a lot in cha-cha-cha and also slower tempi. Playing it on the two-and is not a modern cuban way. It is done a lot in latin-jazz, salsa ect. So you can use both ways.

[@joenormile1088]

Hawthorne Caballeros alumni 1995 Clifton NJ. TIMBALES SOLO IS 7min into video... Also Hawthorne Caballeros alumni 1996 Drrssed Thanksgiving Show Plymouth Ma. Regards Joe

[@joenormile1088]

Hi Michael, on KZbin Hawthorne Caballeros alumni 1995 Grand Prix Clifton NJ # 2Cabs shows what Timbales add to a great Corp. Regards Joe

[@opus88888]

Great pedagogic timbales videos. Portuguese surname? Thanks.

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

opus88888 Thank you very much!!

[@Guaguanco11]

Question: I thought normally the timbalero would only play clave with the cascara during the verse and during the coro & mambo when he plays the mambo bell pattern he would play notes with his free hand on the hembra. Yet you play the clave with the mambo bell pattern. Am I right? And is there any special reason for you playing it differently?

[@Unitysam]

Hi Michael thanks for the video! I have been taught by various people (all latin percussionists from USA) to play the rim shot before the abanico on the third beat of the three side bar of the clave rather than the two-and. I read in changuito's book to do it the same way you taught so i was wondering is this a fairly modern cuban variation? are both ways valid?

[@branmar]

Read those books again a bit more carefully. When playing in 3-2 clave, the rim shot is played on the third beat (of the TWO side) and then the abanico is played on the fourth beat. When playing in 2-3 clave, the rim shot is played on the and of 2 (of the THREE side) and then the abanico is played on the fourth beat. An easy way to remember this is to think about the logic of the clave. The two side of the clave has its most important hits on the downbeats. The three side of the clave has its most important hits on the upbeats. Think about the piano guajeo. On the two side of the clave the piano plays primarily on the downbeats. On the three side of the clave the piano plays primarily on the upbeats. Even though you are a drummer in order to understand the music as a whole it is essential that you understand the piano guajeo. So if you are playing in 2-3 clave, your transition happens in the three side of the clave. The three side is where the piano guajeo plays primarily upbeats; and so your rimshot before the abanico will happen on the and of 2 (an upbeat). If you are playing in 3-2 clave, then your transition happens in the two side of the clave. The two side is where the piano guajeo plays primarily on the downbeats; and so your rimshot before the abanico will happen right on that third downbeat. I hope that this clears up any confusion, and gives you an easy way to remember.

[@mocksbogosi2584]

What is that red instrument near the mambo bell

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

A plastic woodblock. It sounds very loud....

[@joseluiscontreras3558]

En Español seria genial para entenderlo Mejor gracias saludos desde Venezuela.

[@produccioneselsobrino4671]

hola no hau videos en español

[@mabo7525]

What happens if clave is 3 -2 ????

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

+mabo7525 I would play different transitions, because these examples are really 2/3 based. But in 3/2 there are many possibilities too.

[@mabo7525]

+Michael de Miranda thanks a lot for your video!..you are great!...please record a video about 3-2 clave transition!!

[@iTomaaD]

Are you dutch?

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Yes! But I can't skate....

[@iTomaaD]

Maar wel heel goed drummen ;)

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

iTomaaD Dank je!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thank you!!

[@MichaeldeMiranda]

Thanks!!