Rhythms in 3/4 Time? Blues? - Are there any conga rhythms in 3/4

[zaragemca]

To David,in that point of the rhythms,you are correct,he was looking for a percussion pattern which could be incorporated in the 3/4 Blues,and I point out that the percussion pattern,could be placed between the 2 and 3 counts,(3/4 Time signature), after the snare beat which is usully on the 1 count...And I have done before myself,I have played Blues with Drum/Set and with Congas....To Diceman read slowly my post brother,I said that it was a historic background at the begining when the Blues was written in 2/4,and later in 3/4,(influenced by the Gospel music),for long time the 4/4 TS.,have been incorporated and it is the most time signature in use.Dr. Zaragemca



Edited By zaragemca on 1143657774

[Diceman]

Berimbau, cor blimey and call me an alligator too. I know Bluesette and yes it is in 3/4 and does follow the AABCA form, but to be fair there arnt too many like that outside of the jazz idiom, maybe I should get out more.
Santiago, what style of 3/4 blues are you thinking about, an example may help the discussion

Dr Z, I always read your submissions slowly.

Now where is my Real Book?

Diceman

[dladas]

I'm not sure if it will fit your needs, but in the book 'Hip Grooves for Hand Drums' author Alan Dworsky offers a few variations in 3/4. Though they may not be rooted in traditional or folkloric context they might still be useful. I'll attempt to tab a couple:

1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . .

b . . s . s oo s . oo

b . o . s . . s . s oo

sorry if they do not line up correctly but I hope you get the idea. the subdivisions are meant to be equal, the first example seems to lean more to a triple feeling and the second more to a duple feeling.

[dladas]

forgive me, I did not see that "fed" had already mentioned this book near the top of this topic.

[el_frenko]

if you're ever really stuck you could always go for the "shuffle tumbao" just to lay down a basic groove. the shuffle tumbao is exactly the same as the normal one, except you give it a shuffle feel (so a pair of quavers becomes a set of 3 crochet triplets but with the middle note taken out). this doesnt always sound great, and alot of congueros think of it as being quite cheesy, but it will rythmically fit onto any regular shuffle feel.

hope that helps,

steve