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| Percussion for beginners |
| mercredi, 10 octobre 2007 | |
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With Alvaro Lopez Beginners, non-percussionists, dancers, music lovers
Goals: You will learn how to play the key conga and bongo rhythms (the marcha and martillo, respectively) and how to accompany them on the cowbell. Duration: 30 one-hour sessions Equipment: Lessons are held in an equipped rehearsal studio. Students are recommended to record the lessons. 
Alvaro Lopez Alvaro was born in the Chilean capital, Santiago, in 1977 and grew up near Paris. He studied Afro-Cuban and Latin percussion with Gustavo Ovalles, Orlando Poleo and Sebastian Quezada, and later with Luis Viloria at the Abanico music school in Paris. He joined Latinosson at the age of 19 and went on to perform with a string of Paris-based salsa ensembles, including Tumbao y Trombon, Monicalypso, La Primera, Mambo Legacy, La Descarga, Azucar and Bacoso. Alvaro collaborated in world music projects by Osvaldo Torres and Loa (both from Chile) and with Ines Villegas (from Colombia), and developed a taste for pop and electronic music such as rap, R&B and reggaeton. He joined Little D's R&B project and founded rap-reggaeton duo GAN-P with Cuban singer Yosvany Quiros. As a percussionist, he has recorded with Azucar, Philippe Lavil and Coki Marquez and played on the original soundtracks of such films as Viva Cuba and Nos Meilleurs Sejours. |
This course is an introduction to the main rhythms used in Latin music. It teaches students the rudiments of playing congas, bongos, the cowbell and small percussion instruments like the guiro and clave.
Infos pratiques 08-09
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