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Subject: Ear training course

I just wanted to say thank you for putting this on the internet. I have been struggling for the past 6 months to try and find the beat.... The instructors at my school could learn a lot from your information.

B.McCulley

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Tutorial Programme

Stage I: Determining the Beats of a Phrase

• Conga:
  Cueing the start of the dance cycle
   
• Conga:
  Using the Slap stroke accent
   
• Conga:
  The Percussionist Dancer
   
• Clave:
  Son clave & the clave rhythm stream
   
• Clave:
  Dancing a percussive counterpoint
   

Stage II: Clave as Universal Constant

• Conga (reprise):
  Indicating clave orientation
   
• Bass:
  Dancing to bass tumbaos
   
• Piano:
  Common montuno patterns
   
• Bongó bell, Maracas and Güiro:
  Pulse-based rhythms
   
• Pailas a.k.a. Timbales:
  Dancing with the sinners
   

Stage III: More about Salsa's Rhythms

• Clave:
  Interpreting rumba clave
   
• Congas:
  More salsa tumbaos