Guaguanco Part 1 

Dude I love the way that you broke this down and built is back up from the ground up. Thank you for explaining the difference between the two clave patterns. Ha, the left had is where it becomes tricky? This whole beat was tricky for me, the left hand just put it into overdrive. Great lesson, I think this will be a groove that may take months for me to fully get comfortable with.

@jmensticks Don't judge me too hard, those videos are all too old!

This rhythm sounds awesome on the congas as well. Cool video

I'm a gringo trying to make sense of all of this, thanks.

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@michaelbasakjr Hey bro, thanks for checking out the videos. This is just one out of many variations! This is just a suggestion. You can do the regular Pallito or Gua Gua pattern as well. Thanks! BTW nice videos yourself. I'm classically trained as well and appreciate your versatility. Take care and God Bless!!!

que bien chamo!!!!! me gusto la lección, a estudiar ( no te olvides de los latinos jejejeje!!! en español). please!!!!

Thanks! This is exactly what I have been searching for! You break it down better than any other video I have seen. I'm trying to play "Ray's Guaguanco" (from the movie "The Mambo Kings") with our big band. Unfortunately my independence is not good, so I need to pick out the important parts (rhumba clave) and try to fill in the rest while kicking the band's accents.

May be I am wrong. This is of course the Rhumba clave but it’s the 2-3 one not the 3-2 one.

Thanks Juan, its a good pattern to build on.

I see you have a lot of dominio para mantener un ritmo en cada pie y manos. Try some polyrhythms brother, I think you will love it.

You lost me. You started talking about the 3:2 Rumba clave, but once you got the groove going later, I didn't hear the clave part. What am I missing? Do I need a 3rd arm to do this? LOL

So when you play on drumset you'd rather use Cascara in a Guaguanco than the regular Pallito or Gua gua pattern?

Maestro tendra la partitura de este ejercicio

Hi I am one of your students 😊

great very helpful keep them commin

No es asi perfectamente ! pero no esta mal :)

Very well explained.