Latin Percussion - Kurzweil PC88 Musician's Manual

Latin Percussion

The Latin Percussion kit (Program Change # 63 in the Expansion Bank on the VGM board) offers a variety of Ethnic Percussion
sounds—a combination of cowbells, congas, and shakers—uniquely designed to allow you to play authentic Latin, Cuban, and
African rhythms using simple scales. You can also easily create your own authentic sounding rhythms using this same tech-
nique. The scales below, when played correctly, will sound the traditional rhythms indicated just above them. You need only
be sure to play them in the octave indicated and use an even eighth-note rhythm throughout. The rest is taken care of for you!
You may notice that some keys are silent; this is to allow for the natural silences in the rhythms being used. You should still
play these keys with an equal eighth-note duration.
African Durah Bah (first note = lowest key on keyboard)
African Bricambo
Latin Tumbao
Cuban Cha Cha
Cuban Mambo
To make up your own rhythms, simply play an even eighth-note scale of your own liking anywhere on the keyboard. You can
also try playing a different scale down than you play up, or even try playing arpeggios. Have fun!
Musician's Guide
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Drum Sounds
Latin Percussion
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