steviedee Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Can anyone point me in the right direction for a good tutorial for a Tumbao? I’ve got a piano one and it’s good but just not sticking. I need something I can play over and over till it’s in the noggin! Basic stuff, I just need to put the notes in the right place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassalbert Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 These are the first exercices for a method I am currently developing. The point here is to tap the CLAVE with your foot and play the notes with your bass. These seem pretty basic, but don't be fooled. Never go for the next one until you feel really comfortable playing the exercise you are working and can feel naturally all the beats of the two bars. specially the downbeats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, bassalbert said: These are the first exercices for a method I am currently developing. The point here is to tap the CLAVE with your foot and play the notes with your bass. These seem pretty basic, but don't be fooled. Never go for the next one until you feel really comfortable playing the exercise you are working and can feel naturally all the beats of the two bars. specially the downbeats Thanks looks great certainly not basic for me anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Didn't Lincoln Goines have a good book about latin bass? This one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Funkifying-Clave-Afro-Cuban-Manhattan-Publications/dp/0769220207/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=O3SY2UU2B6IS&keywords=lincoln+goines&qid=1704573379&sprefix=lincoln+goines%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 7 minutes ago, itu said: Didn't Lincoln Goines have a good book about latin bass? This one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Funkifying-Clave-Afro-Cuban-Manhattan-Publications/dp/0769220207/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=O3SY2UU2B6IS&keywords=lincoln+goines&qid=1704573379&sprefix=lincoln+goines%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-4 Cheers! I bought this about a million years ago! It came with a cassette! I might still have it in the loft. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 Found my old copy of Funkifying the Clave but no cassette! I’ll see if I can find the audio online. (I’ve been trying and failing to play Latin music for a long time 🙄) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 The Latin Bass Book by Oscar Stagnaro is really good and he goes into tumbao and all the variations. You can start with the versions where you play on the 1 and then work your way up to the syncopated version where the 4 anticipates the next chord and ties over the bar line. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 20 minutes ago, tinyd said: The Latin Bass Book by Oscar Stagnaro is really good and he goes into tumbao and all the variations. You can start with the versions where you play on the 1 and then work your way up to the syncopated version where the 4 anticipates the next chord and ties over the bar line. I’ve been looking at that book I need to get it. I was shown a pattern by a drummer pal where the notes land on the 2 offbeat and 4, which worked and began to make sense 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 There are a million examples out there but this is a nice clear example of the standard "anticipated" bass tumbao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboomboom Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 For Latin influences, check out a bassist called Simon Goulding. Some fantastic stuff on his website and on YouTube. Sadly he passed away a couple of years ago but you can still get his ebook courses etc on his website: https://www.simongoulding.com/ebook-courses He offered me some lessons a few years ago and I never got round to it. Awesome bassist with an impressive session CV. Good luck 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 (edited) 30 minutes ago, boomboomboom said: For Latin influences, check out a bassist called Simon Goulding. Some fantastic stuff on his website and on YouTube. Sadly he passed away a couple of years ago but you can still get his ebook courses etc on his website: https://www.simongoulding.com/ebook-courses He offered me some lessons a few years ago and I never got round to it. Awesome bassist with an impressive session CV. Good luck 👍 Sad news about Simon, looks like very good content…. Thanks Edited January 24 by steviedee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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