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spacerx img Latin Rhythms: Merengue
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PART I:

VIDEO: Click here to see, and hear the above pattern, (IE w/WMP). Memorize part I, before moving to part II. Be able to play it rapidly from memory without looking at the notation.

Video: For almost all handheld devices and other browsers.

PART II:
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Memorize this the same way. That 3rd cowbell is between the snare and bass.

WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE VIDEO: of the above pattern. This video is intended for use with Internet Explorer using Windows Media Player.

Video: For almost all handheld devices and other browsers.

spacerx imgSTEP #3: Now, combine Part I with Part II:

SEE AND HEAR BOTH PARTS TOGETHER.

Video: For almost all handheld devices and other browsers.

spacerx img STEP #4: Next, add the double tom tom lick.

WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE VIDEO: Now add a double (left hand) tom at every other backbeat. Layover rimshots work well on the snare here too, the same way we did them with the Mambo beat, in the previous lesson.

Video: For almost all handheld devices and other browsers.

I apologize for the hand-written examples in this lesson. I lost my notation writing application in a recent computer crash. This will have to do until I can replace it.

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