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Ricardo -> RE: Contrapalmas (Apr. 5 2006 17:51:49)
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You have to hear and feel this in your head, thinking about subdivision. Think of a beat divided into 4 notes. 1,2,3,4. The contras would be numbers 2 and 4. So you need to learn how to hear and play this rhythm:
FOOT2 (3) 4FOOT2 (3) 4
So you have your foot on 1, you clap on 2 and 4, but 3 is totally silent. The sound is:
toma, que toma, que toma, Where your foot is on "to", and you clap "ma" and "que". Perhaps you have heard that jaleos before.
This works in bulerias say, if your foot is on 12,2,4,6,8,10. But what if you want to do contras for the 3 beat accent (12,3,6,9)? Then you subdivide by 6.
FOOT2 (3) 4 (5) 6FOOT2 (3) 4 (5) 6
Here, 3 and 5 are silent and you clap 2,4,6. The sound would be:
toma tah, que toma tah, que toma tah, etc. That one is a little harder IMO.
Either way you need to feel the beat with the foot, and clap "around it" so to speak. When you practice with the metronome, you have the click with the foot obviously. When going slow, the click can be the foot and 3, or foot,3, and 5, so your claps are in between the clicks.
When you can get that going at about 200 bpm, then do the same speed at 100 bpm, where the foot is the only thing on the click (for the 4 subdivision. Not sure of the equivalent bpm for the 6 note division. I think it is 70-80 bpm?). That is the better way, then get faster from there.
The problem is people tend to do the clap on count 2 a little late, and after count 4, come in too early with the foot. That is the whole reason people tend to rush or drag. Once you get the groove going, concentrate on EVENESS of the claps. There are EXACTLY the same speed as the on beat claps (or click).
Ricardo
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