Rumba columbia free lesson by Michael de Miranda 

You're welcome!

Thank you! Have fun with this nice rhythm!

Thank you so much! Un abrazo desde Holanda!

8 years later I have a question...Are you using fractions to try to count? It doesn't look like musical language there. Maybe try restating it with another technique that's more recognizable as musical.

It's not 8/8 , it's 12/8 . Then you hit the beats 1,3 , 6,8,10 . But nobody counts it like this musically. You have to feel the beat on 1,4,7,10 , 12 beats, divided in 4 Tripletts.

One beat, and two meters, it is like quantum physics appearing as a rhythm, at first confusing the mind. It is very difficult feeling both meters at the same time! But it creates magic!

Clave de Rumba in 12/8 is best counted this way, (based off of "1 an a 2 an a 3 an a 4 an a"); "1(an)A(2 an)A(3)AN(a)4(an a)"

gerardo barajas hay blancos en todo el mundo que no son cubanos que saben más que el propio cubano hasta de su propia cultura. Yo soy uno, y conozco más que muchos amigos cubanos. Ellos mismos me lo dicen.

Verdad, y hay percusionistas que son muy buenos y que no saben enseňar, no tienen pedagogía y tambien no saben hablar en ingles señor Barajas..

So what!! He's a good drummer and teacher

@@jackcommonman1381 He does a much better job than most explaining and in good detail. Look at his explanation of Partido Alto - the 16 minute one. At about 7 minutes he explains how most westerners learn it only the "easy" way which is reversed to the actual placement of the 2 bar or 4 beat phrase so the put the melody or chord changes entirely wrong compared to the way Brazilians play and write for the most part the sambas and such. Same thing happens for many westerners who find landing on the down beat to be easier then the syncopated way. Jazz and such is much more interesting because of this influence on being free around the downbeat and using the middle of the phrase as an "anchor" for playing downbeat. Check it out!