How To Do The Sheila E. Tumbao 

I Love It. I'm Constantly Learning. Sheila E. Is The Reason That I Play Drums & Percussion.

Thank you for this tutorial! And thank you for acknowledging the comments female percussionists hear from some people. It’s so true! We get back hand compliments all the time. So do female musicians who play instruments like Sax, bass, trumpet, etc. Well… time to shed some more! Love the lessons! 🌺

Born in 1952 in Sa Francisco ca. Heard all the top Latin bands / Latin ROCK bands!!! Being born & growing up in a Latin household it was AUTOMATIC/ loved them and saw them all. Tito Puente/ Santana / Malo / Azteca / Top / War / just to name a few. Thanks for bringing back all the fond memories from the 60’s to present day. WILLY CA 😎🥁🌹

Love Sheila E!! #1. One thing to remember Eric! Left handers have to adapt to a right hand dominant world.. Most of US have to become nearly ambidextrous just to get through the day. So as a percussionist I've learned to play all of my rudiments and patterns with a L lead and R lead with hands, sticks and mallets. I've been teaching that to my students too for about 50 years. R/L BALANCE! I encounter a lot of HS age drummers who drum well with right hand lead, that cannot keep a smooth clave or shaker rhythm with the left hand. As s conguero on 3 congas I sometimes switch the tumbao llrlllrr to rrlrrrll to change up the low tumba during the bridge of the song. just to add a little different tone color. Try it some time. LOVE the channel, I share it with my students! Respect man YOU are doing GREAT! Charlie

Eric, she was like my first crush too! Lol... And drum chops?! Off the hook! I still love her...

I remember when I was young I went to a concert in Stockton CA and i saw Sheila play with her whole familia Pete, Coke her brothers she was ten at the time very talented and I got to go on the stage and talk to her and shake her hand lots of calluses on those hands so practice practice practice thanks for the great vid my brother late.

Uuuufff man!!! Sheila E. High quality!!! She's unbelievable! And your way of explaining tremendo!

Thanks for that lesson, Eric. Being a lefty, I like the direction of that tumbao. It makes sense.

I play that way ALL the time while practicing or playing live. Wow! And I thought I was strange for playing that way ! Lol Thanks brother, love it

I love it,and Sheila too,of course.left hand at work.gracias compay!!

Greetings from beautiful Cornwall, UK, Eric. Truly it is great to have you back and lovingly giving us your experience, exuberance, knowledge and humour. This is a very challenging pattern with its heavy dependence on the no-dominant hand. You are so right about going outside of your comfort zone - it is the only way we can learn anything useful in our lives. I have already started on this one and I'm going to nail it...!! Love your new set -up and it must be much easier for you now to have it all 'ready to go'. Although , I must say that your sitting-room 'studio' had a cosy, at home feel about it. Onwards and upwards..... Love , respect & thanks. Blair.

Thanks for all of the great videos I love the way you put it down for Sheila E. George Dukes the business too.

What a great tumbao. As always, you did a superb job at breaking that down. Thank you!

Eric, I gotta LOVE it.. These videos are so well-done and so freakin' useful as well as entertaining. I really love and admire how you pay informed and heartfelt homage to the great artists whose material and technique you share, and the tradition that it all comes from. You do it brilliantly, artfully, and effectively.. Many thanks bro.

Great job! This is an awesome video Eric! Beautiful playing by the way!

Nice Eric saw Sheila when she was 15 playing w her uncle Coke and Pete Escovedo her dad w there group Azteca in 76 she was AWESOME.

Hi Eric , that was great Sheila e went on cruise from Miami to Bahama Latin music with Tony Succar. Love always Greg from london

Hey Eric thanks so much for your amazing channel! I’ve played for 20 years as a timbalero in a Latin jazz orchestra and have limited experience on congas.. after some recent medical setbacks I’m finally playing again and I’m super excited to have learned this in a half an hour tonight! I can’t wait to learn more patterns.. thank you bro so very much!

I've been playing the Sheila E groove its so beautiful to play with 🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏 it's so good

Hello Eric! There we are again. Great tutorial about Sheila's tumbao. In the last few weeks i was exercising a similar tumbao on 5 congas, i love how it sounds. A few years ago i met Sheila in Belgium and i was also invited on stage during her clinic. I'm taller than Sheila however standing next to hear i felt tiny as a ratoncito.. A real lady with high positive energy and incredible rhytmic talent.

She is one of the best percussionar, no matter how old

Lol - LOVE it, dude! 🙏 AND... WAY to show the LOVE. 💪💜👍

adore Sheila E

Awesome vid Bro, definitely Sheila is a monster!

Beautiful done bro

you have skills to break that down I see your progression bro I love it

Hey Bro ... That Was A Sick Tumbao !!! Always Enjoy Sheila In Anything She Does ... She's Just Down To Earth ... Period

Eric hermano en Jesús que excelencia la que produces. El Padre te siga bendiciendo.

Sheila E is the bomb!!!! Bro! That was dope! I can hear the 3 - 2 clave over that tumbao... sweet...k eep holdin" it down in my hometown... DMV baby!!!!!!

Well said! And well demonstrated as ever, of course. Your step by step instructions are always so clear and helpful. I haven't got 'round to trying it out yet but it's well worth it. I'm just glad you didn't try to get us to actually play left handed though!

¡qué tumbao! ¡qué manoteo! simplemente geniaaaal

Eric ,when it comes to teaching you are the best..

Love your work!

FIYA!!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

It is a very sick tumbao, she is the bomb! She was also Ringo Star’s Musical Director!! She has played with only the best!

Beautiful tumbao! Thanks 👍🏼

Those drums sound great Eric ! Great lesson Hermano en Cristo ! Shelia E. Tremenda !

Wuuuuauu man this is beautiful, thanks. That it a very crazy masters.thanks and fast.

Dope set 🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾

Eric can you do a tutorial on how to do the Shelia E tumbao on two congas.....thanks for all the tutorials.....Pete

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. GOD BLESS.🙏✌👍

awesome job

Love Sheila E. Thanks for the vid brother. God bless

Piece o cake!

Muchas gracias erick tus clases son buenisimas, en lo personal me sirven de mucho yo a lo que estaba acostumbrado en youtube era solo ver a los tipos tocando vivo en distintos proyectos y es muy complicado estudiarlos lo tuyo es otra cosa para son tu y paquito baeza los mejores enseñando en youtube y tremendos congueros saludos y gratitud desde chilee

thank you Sheila eat one of the best nobody can say enough

Thanks and Blessings!!!

That was Sweet Bro.....👍

Super tribute to Sheila E, Eric! She's the best, as well as the rest of her family. And good for you for sticking up for women players! But I have a dummy's question about the tumbao... How do you know each one of her moves when she plays so incredibly fast?? Do you watch videos of her in slow-motion? Once again, thanks for making our lives a little brighter with each video, buddy! - Mark

One more tool to add to my shed/toolbox

Great video

I've noticed 60% of my top 5 favorite drum kit drummers in life are like Sheila (Left handed playing right handed setups, (Sheila learned as a small child sitting "opposite" her right handed father, so I assume these other left handed players learned & played on right handed setups from the Get go). Namely Thee Undisputed heavyweight drumming world champion (Produced first Pete & Sheila Escovedo album "Solo Two") ~ Billy Cobham (2) Lenny White (3) Sheila E (4) Michael Walden (right hand) (5) Tony Williams (Right hand) Left handed people are very "Geniacal" especially in the drumming world / * = I made up my own word "Geniacal" (As in that is a "Geniacal*" Idea) LMAO ~ Keep up the good work home slice

excellent

Fantastic break-down on this tumbao. I have wondered... how do you figure out the precise strokes on your break-downs? To put your work into perspective for us mere mortals, how long, how much repetition, does it take for you to get it? Thanks for all you do Eric.

I need to practice this ill Sheila E. shit to get my tone right on my left hand ... has been my issue all my life! and I've been casually playing since before I can remember! lol

This is a crazy tumbao

Oh yes I do love her , she did a tour with tony Succar they went to Miami to the Bahamas god ‘bless her and you Eric

Eric, She's great but also look at who her Dad is! She also played along with her Father with Tito Puente. Sheila Cecelia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957)- Oakland, CA

No brother !!! Sheila E is NOT LEFT HANDED. !!! The reason Sheila E sets up like that ( left hand style ) is because when she was learning to play from her father . She watched her dad play sitting in front of him so see saw a mirror view …. And as we all know, watching yourself in a mirror.. Everything is opposite… So when you raise your right hand up in the air. It looks like your left hand.. So that’s why she plays congas and timbales LEFTY STYLE. However, If you’ve ever noticed, when she plays a drum kit or bongos . She actually plays right handed !!!!! I asked her about it at a Drummers for Jesus clinic In Dallas Tx ..

WOW LOVE YOUR VIDEOS Love from Skbeatz Records from GHANA

im a lefty and that was beautiful

Great eyes and ears, Eric.

Like a cat, Sheila has small hands and as this tutorial proves, very deceptive. Thank you. This opens up a lot for me. Peace

Haven't been on the net in a short jump and first thing come up percussion life ... yessir .... Pollo

Which one should I learn to play first?as a beginner, Conga or bongos or timbales

Eric love Shelia E looooove her love her style she has been my inspiration for a long time plus enjoy playing her tumbao now I will go & do my own tumbao the MayLyn tumbao will post on RU-vid at a later time!!! Eric have a question for you are the meinl marathon exsclusive series congas any good? I love them they sound waaaay better than my LP Aspire congas plus more affordable for me to buy. My Aspire congas don't sound bad watch my video of me playing my LP Aspire congas for my video is the best here on RU-vid of just LP Aspire congas! But I want professional congas to go with my LP Giovanni galaxy congas hope this is a good choice to get the meinl marathon exsclusive series congas! Another question I have is how can you get your congas to stop ringing for I have this problem with my LP Giovanni galaxy requinto,quinto & conga HELP how to stop the ringing plus will switch to steer heads that you use love the sound of them waaaay better than what I have but will get when can afford. Another question I have is an you use any palm oil for your bongo conga heads to save the life of them? Would appreciate hearing from you Thanks MayLyn

Hey Carnal instead of TACO TUESDAY MAKE IT TUMBAO TUESDAY!!

you get a great sound from these drums. are they on the ground or are you using a riser? Are these sitting on hardwood?Thanks

Aloha!! Was that you at Puna drum circle? I was following your percussion leads . The dead giveaway is the gourd necklace. Sorry we didn't get a chance to talk. I looked back and you were gone. Maybe next time

Nice play Eric. are you OK play? Congas with you RING on. Man wow...

Hilarious! Coolio tho! It's in the blood yo!

hello Eric ...donde puedo conseguir una camisa como la que tu tienes en este video .... like it....

Eric, have you thought of downloadable pdf files along with the video? I should be a big help. What d'you think? Thanks!

Shielas bangin

nice shirt.

Hola Eric, dónde consigues esas remeras????

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Where can I get this shirt?!

What kind of skins there are?

Hola Eric man you have some nice tshirts where can I get them

Yo tambien quiero una camisa como esa 👍

How could I or we can get a shirt like that yes I want 1 Thanks sound outstanding L0L Be Safe

How on God's green earth did you figure this out? you are amazing!

Thanks for this one Eric! I saw Sheila two summers ago at the Hollywood bowl. She was 59 years old then and blew me away! Yes, she is beautiful but damn she has some fast hands! I've been playing percussion and drums for 40 years and she can play circles around me. So fast! Many men percussionists don't don't like to admit this, but the truth is that Sheila e is better and faster than most of them.

fuck yeah!!

En qué clave estaría ??? 2-3 o 3-2 ???

Where are the other 3 tumbadoras on the right side, Asere? ;-)

Que pena que no entiendo ingles. Me gustaría si lo puedes hacer un dia en español. Sino muy interesante

She explains why she plays like this in the video: "Guitar Center Sessions: Sheila E - Like Father, Like Daughter". TLDW" She watched here father from the front when she was a child and copied his playing, but mirrored.

A, B, C, D...

Great Work Brother .. but you could play that pattern easier with a right handed setup .. right now your playing it left handed .. just saying ;) .. Suerte y Aché Siempre !!!

She still "got it": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KTed7RO69gQ.html Y tiene com 63 anos....Puede creer?????

That's great but That's really a Patato tumbao

She was a judge on the TV show Battle of the Bands. There was only one latin band during the whole contest. She gets up from her judge chair during their song, goes on stage, takes the timbale solo from the bands timbale female player and had the nerve to say that she didn't see any musicianship from the band. Sorry, I have no respect for her after her poor musicianship.

Hey bro to much talk not enouph instruction . i get your passion and you like to give commentary.