These are my personal notebooks for studying timbales.
See also my Drums Notebooks.
Ping me if you are looking for a beginner timbalero in Bay Area.
Contents:
All Parts Combined
Charts from the band and my own transcriptions:
Notes
Random things I wish I knew before my first rehearsal:
- Abanico is very important and is played many times through the tune.
- Modern players seem to ignore neck/mouth bell voicing, but usually play close to the neck
for sound consistency (“that stuff is for bongo players” as our director said)
- Play extended fill on every first pregon (usually twice per song).
- Play two hits on 4-& before piano solo.
Source Code
Lilypond source code for all charts is available here.
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