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Posted:
Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:25 pmby franc
friends,
any one of you can supply me with ''key notations'' of merengue patterns?? i need the traditional merengue tambora patterns!! not the conga patterns, ok. i have looked and looked and can seem to find tambora key notations, thank you all and my best always!!! franc :^/ 
Posted:
Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:21 pmby OLSONGO
Invent your own , just keep in mind to keep the feel and that merengue swing.
Paz OLSONGO
Posted:
Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:21 pmby Master2987
Here is one that can be played on tambora and conga as well:
O O O O O B S O B S
R L R L R L R R L R
Phrase it by accentuating the 5th open tone.
Posted:
Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:02 amby franc
olsongo and master2987,
saludos desde p.r.. thanks for the advice. i have the tambora basic pretty well mastered like the ''apanbichao'' and ''merengue bomba'' etc, thanks master 2987 for the notations. i will practice the pattern. mucho áche, mis amigos, franc
Posted:
Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:18 pmby Lezardoo
Hello,
I found this link : http://www.zen30989.zen.co.uk/chap9.htm
The pattern seems OK to me, even if it is written for battery. We play it on congas with a stick.
Excuse my ploor english
Lezardoo
Posted:
Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:58 pmby Raymond
Disregard.
Edited By Raymond on 1170976785
Posted:
Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:24 amby Sakuntu
Yo franc-heres a tambora pattern that I learned back in the day. I've only ever played it on Conga but you should have no problems putting it to Tambora. Its way old school but maybe if you don't know it you can add it to your repetoire:
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
O x S x x S x x S O O H
S-Slap with left hand
x-stick on rim with right hand
O-open with stick on head
H-open tone on head with hand
For a variation i'll make the Slap on beat 3 of the second bar a open or i'll add an extra open tone stick hit on the "and" of beat One first bar. Have fun with it.