Latin Percussion
I travelled to Cuba and Brasil in 1991/2 to learn about Latin percussion at the source.
Cuban Son (or Salsa) features dances such as the Mambo, Cha-Cha, Guajira etc., played on claves, timbales, bongos, congas, maracas, and the guiro (my favourite!).
Brasil is most famous for its Samba (the Batucada being the percussion section of an arrangement, with many, many people playing many, many instruments!).
Free PDFs are available for download HERE.
Panna Cotta percussion methods
kit beginner book kit demo. The full versions of these books may be purchased in the shop HERE.
Zimbabwean Marimbas
I wrote ‘JunkAfro’ for classes at the University of Western Australia, with bass, tenor, alto, soprano and descant marimba parts. Parts of the soprano and descant parts should be played on tuned bottles if possible (they’re the ‘junk’ instruments). There are also ‘blown bottles’ (the panpipe sound in the recordings). The videos don’t demonstrate any of the bottle parts, but you’ll hear them, and they (and optional percussion), are notated in the score, for rote-learning/teaching. The full score is available as a downloadable PDF.
If you’ve enrolled in my Broadening unit at UWA, ‘What 2 Expect’ gives you an idea of what to expect
‘Qongqothwane’ or the ‘Click Song’ is a traditional Xhosa song from South Africa, arranged for 3 parts (bass, tenor and soprano marimbas).