Beyond Salsa Percussion: Calixto Oviedo - Drums & Timbales: Timba Gears

Beyond Salsa Percussion: Calixto Oviedo - Drums & Timbales: Timba Gears - Paperback

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Beyond Salsa Percussion: Calixto Oviedo - Drums & Timbales: Timba Gears - Paperback

Beyond Salsa Percussion: Calixto Oviedo - Drums & Timbales: Timba Gears - Paperback

by Kevin Moore
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Book Overview

Calixto Oviedo is the first featured artist in "Beyond Salsa Percussion", the companion series to author Kevin Moore's acclaimed "Beyond Salsa Piano" series. Oviedo, who played with such groups as NG La Banda and Adalberto Álvarez y su Son, is a living legend among Cuban drummers.This, the third volume of the series, "Calixto Oviedo: Timba Gears", dissects Oviedo's style using the "gear" approach introduced by Moore in 2004 in "The Tomás Cruz Conga Method". At 176 pages, with dozens of carefully transcribed musical examples, the goal of "Calixto Oviedo: Timba Gears" goal is to help experienced Latin drummers master the new Cuban styles, to help American and European drummers master Latin drumming in general, and to explain the intricacies of Cuban music to arrangers, listeners and dancers.
ISBN9781456343989
Author Kevin Moore
PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform
GenreYoung adult
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages178
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Kevin Moore is the editor of the world's largest Cuban music website, www.timba.com, and the author of the popular "Tomás Cruz Conga Method", a 3-volume series published by Mel Bay Publications, available on amazon.com, and used as textbook at various colleges and educational institutions. Kevin also produced, co-wrote, and played on the salsa CD "Salsa Gitana", available at latinpulsemusic.com. The CD reached the semi-final level in the 1998 Grammy Award process. The author has also written several "online books" on various aspects of Cuban music, available for free as a public service on www.timba.com.

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