Mel Bay The Tomás Cruz Conga Method, Vol. III
by Tomas Cruz, Kevin Moore, Mike Gerald, Orlando Fiol
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Author: Kevin Moore, Mike Gerald, Orlando Fiol, Tomas CruzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03
ISBN: 0786670797
Number of pages: 88
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
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Book Review: I want more from Tomas Cruz
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is the 3rd and final installment in Mr. Cruz's Conga instruction series.
Although all the first 2 books aren't NECESSARY to understand the third, they do follow a logical progression.
This book, unlike the previous ones, does not follow various styles of Cuban music. Instead, it explains in depth the structure of one particular style: Timba.
As they say, "if you give a man a fish, he eats for a day, if you teach him to fish, he'll eat for life". In that same vein, this book explains how to develope one's OWN Timba rhythms along with underlining the influences found in the rhythms given (which will make more sense if: a) a player is already familiar with Cuban Music or b) a player bought Tomas' previous 2 books in the series).
This book is the culmination of a very understandable and straight forward explanation of Cuban Conga playing in a style highly dependant on a constant flow and improvisation (stream of thought-like style).
Great book
-makes sense
-gives background
-breaks down style
-easy-to-use notation
-helpful DVD
-good final installment of series
I have no problems with it at all.
Summary of Mel Bay The Tomás Cruz Conga Method, Vol. III
Volume III is the first educational product to tackle the complex subject of Timba, the new musical genre which has been played in Cuba since 1989. Timba represents a quantum leap for all the instruments of the rhythm section and especially the congas. The recordings of Tom's Cruz are considered the most advanced examples of Timba conga-playing and so fascinated the three coauthors that they sought out Tom's Cruz and spent a year and a half studying his style and meticulously documenting it before even considering the idea of publishing it. After many hundreds of hours of passionate research, this "labor of love" eventually reached fruition as Volume III. Volumes II & I were then written to trace the roots of the style and to understand the path Tom's took to arrive at his phenomenal level of technical mastery and rhythmic creativity.Much more than a collection of patterns or exercises, Volume III analyzes Timba arrangements from beginning to end, explaining the role of the congas in each section, the relationship to the "clave", and Tomasito's creative process, including an exercise which teaches the reader to invent his own Timba conga parts. It was the intricacies of the material of Volume III which inspired the creation of the Step by Step DVD Method, which enables the reader to learn these exciting new rhythms in a fraction of the time it would take working with only written music and audio recordings.
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