Category: Independence

Kernels of Cascara

My students have been doing so well with my “kernels” concept that I’ve decided to write up a real challenge for them: cascara with the clave in the…

Coordination "kernels" – further examples

You may have noticed I’ve been on rather light posting this last week. Expect that to continue for the next several days; this week I’ll be recording my…

Coordination "kernels"

Here’s one for the teachers. This is an approach I’ve found helpful with students having difficulties with coordination on written patterns in jazz and Latin, and a good…

Afro 6/8 – basic coordination

This is something I’ve been working with daily for several weeks now- getting the usual jazz coordination/comping stuff together with the Afro-Cuban/Bembe/Naningo bell pattern. It’s pretty tricky, and…

Afro-Cuban 6/8 coordination – preliminary

This is something I’ve been working with for a couple of months- snare drum and bass drum coordination/independence in Afro-Cuban 6/8.