Tito Puente"s Drumming With the Mambo King

by Puente, Tito; Payne, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780634019562
• ISBN10: 0634019562
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp

Summary

The late, great Tito Puente was a giant in the world of Latin music. This exceptional new book/CD pack, co-written with Jim Payne, includes an extensive biography, a history of Afro-Cuban music, archival photos, step-by-step instruction in Afro-Cuban music for timbales and drumset, and transcriptions of three of Tito's most famous timbale solos. This great pack also includes a 75-minute CD containing twelve of Tito's classic recordings. These are original tracks (mambos, cha chas and timbale solos that have made him famous) coordinated with authentic percussion charts, instructional examples, new solos and words of advice from the Mambo King.

Table of Contents

Author's Notes	7	(1)
About Jim Payne	8	(1)
About the Charts, the Photos and the Discography	9	(2)
Tito Puente∼King of the Timbales	11	(24)
A Brief History of Afro-Cuban Music	35	(18)
The Clave∼The Key to the Music	53	(4)
Cascara and Tumbao∼The Rhythm Section Partnership	57	(10)
Cascara (Paila)	57	(5)
Basic Cascara for Timbales and Drumset	57	(3)
Cascara with Clave	60	(1)
Double Cascara	61	(1)
Tumbao and the Rhythm Section Partnership	62	(4)
Congas	62	(1)
Bongos	62	(2)
Bass	64	(1)
Bombo note	64	(1)
Drumset Bass Drum Patterns	65	(1)
Piano Montuno	66	(1)
The Mambo Bell Pattern∼Transition to the Montuno	67	(6)
Mambo Bell Pattern	67	(1)
Transition from Cascara to the Mambo Bell Pattern	68	(5)
Change of Clave Feeling∼3-2 and 2-3 Demystified	73	(6)
Exercises for Understanding the Change of Clave Feeling	73	(4)
Practice Charts for Change of Clave Feeling	77	(2)
Song Form∼Intro, Verse, Montuno	79	(4)
Percussion parts to be played in the different sections:	79	(4)
Introduction or Intro	79	(1)
Verses	80	(1)
Bridge	80	(1)
Montuno	80	(1)
Mambo Section	80	(1)
After the Mambo Section	81	(1)
Cues	81	(2)
Tito's Music Part 1	83	(4)
``Cuando Te Vea''-Original recording, Tito Puente	83	(1)
Drum Chart#1 (``Cuando Te Vea'')	84	(1)
``Complication''-Original recording, Tito Puente	85	(1)
Drum Chart#2 (``Complication'')	85	(2)
Drumset Rhythms	87	(8)
How to practice these exercises:	88	(2)
Drumset Rhythms 2:3 Clave	90	(2)
Drumset Rhythms 3:2 Clave	92	(3)
The Abanico	95	(6)
Tito plays Abanico	95	(1)
Common Chart Notation	95	(1)
Abanicos using 5,7 and 9 stroke rolls	95	(3)
Different Techniques for the Abanico	98	(1)
Transition from Paila to Bell with an Abanico in 3:2 Clave	99	(2)
Much More Mambo	101	(10)
Who invented the Mambo?	101	(2)
The Rhythms of the Mambo	103	(1)
Tito's Recorded Mambo Bell Variations	104	(7)
Tito's Music Part 2∼Mambo	111	(8)
``Saca Tu Mujer''-Original recording, Tito Puente	111	(1)
Drum Chart#3 (``Saca Tu Mujer'')	112	(1)
``Mambo Gozon''-Original recording, Tito Puente	113	(1)
Drum Chart#4 (``Mambo Gozon'')	113	(2)
``Ran Kan Kan''-Original recording, Tito Puente	115	(1)
Drum Chart#5 (``Ran Kan Kan'')	116	(3)
Cha Cha Cha	119	(6)
Tito plays Cha Cha Cha	120	(1)
Tito's Recorded Cha Cha Rhythms	121	(4)
Tito's Music Part 3∼The Cha Cha Cha	125	(4)
``Oye Como Va''-Original recording, Tito Puente	125	(1)
Drum Chart#6 (``Oye Como Va'')	126	(1)
``El Cayuco''-Original recording, Tito Puente	127	(1)
Drum Chart#7 (``El Cayuco'')	128	(1)
Danzon and Bolero∼The Baqueteo and Breaks	129	(6)
Danzon/Baqueteo	130	(1)
The Bolero	131	(1)
Tito Plays Bolero Cascara	131	(1)
Breaks	132	(3)
Afro-Cuban 6/8 Feel	135	(8)
6/8 Bell Pattern A	135	(2)
6/8 Bell Pattern B	137	(1)
6/8 Clave	138	(1)
Tito Plays a 6/8 Timbale Solo	138	(1)
Transition From 4/4 to 6/8	139	(2)
Tito's Original Music With A Transition From 4/4 to 6/8	141	(1)
``Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembe''-Original recording, Tito Puente	141	(1)
Drum Chart#8 (``Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembe'')	142	(1)
Timbale Solo Concepts and Warm-up Figures	143	(12)
A Story About Syncopation	143	(1)
Soloing Concepts	144	(1)
Clave	144	(1)
Cascara	144	(1)
Listening to other members of the rhythm section	144	(1)
4 and 8 bar phrases	144	(1)
Timbale Solo Warm-Up Figures	145	(10)
Off-beats	146	(1)
Playing in 3's	147	(1)
Counting in 3's	148	(1)
3-Beat Figures	148	(4)
Triplets	152	(3)
The King of the Timbales∼Solos, Solos, Solos	155	(12)
Just Timbales-Tito plays solo Timbales in 4/4	155	(1)
Tito's Timbale Solos on Original Recordings with Transcriptions	155	(1)
``Mambo Beat''-Original recording, Tito Puente	156	(1)
Drum Chart#9 (``Mambo Beat'')	156	(2)
Solo Transcription (``Mambo Beat'')	158	(1)
``Ti Mon Bo''-Original recording, Tito Puente	159	(1)
Solo Transcription (``Ti Mon Bo'')	160	(1)
``Timbalero''-Original recording, Tito Puente	161	(1)
Drum Chart#10 (``Timbalero'')	162	(1)
Solo Transcription (``Timbalero'')	163	(3)
``Timbale Solo''-Original recording, Tito Puente	166	(1)
Discography	167	(4)
Endnotes	171	(2)
Glossary	173	(4)
Bibliography	177	(2)
Acknowledgements	179	(2)
Index	181	(4)
Audio CD Index	185