The Afro-Cuban folkloric musical tradition
Subtitle: a practical guide for percussionists
By: by Robert Fernandez.
Publisher: Leisure Planet Music
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Sylmar, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
ISBN-13: 9780978912420
Subjects: Folk music -- Cuba -- History and criticism.; Folk music -- Cuba -- African influences.; Percussion ensembles -- Cuba -- History and criticism.; Percussion music -- Cuba -- History and criticism.; Percussion instruments -- Cuba.; Ethnomusicology.; World music -- Analysis, appreciation.
Notes: "Includes information about the historical and cultural context in which the music has developed and evolved; detailed transcriptions of local and regional variations in the music from all parts of the island; discussion and notation of instruments and playing techniques."--from publisher description.

Companion CD contains 95 demonstration tracks.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 88) and discography (p. 89).
Table of contents: title: Cuba : a brief social history; title: Yoruba. The Yoruba ; Batá ; Bembé ; Güiro ; Iyesá; title: Bantu/Congolese. Makuta ; Palo ; Yuka; title: Dahomey. Dahomey ; Arará ; Nagó ; Vodú ; Tumba francesa ; Eliancé ; Gagá; title: Carabalí. Abakuá; title: Conga. Conga de comparsa ; Conga habanera ; Conga oriental; title: The rumba cycle. Rumba ; Yambú ; Guaguancó ; Columbia ; Quinto; title: Beyond the tradition; title: Glossary.