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Friday, February 20, 2004

Yeza ( Iyesa ) 

Yeza or Iyesa is a rhythm that came from West Africa. It's the name of a family of drums, rhythms and a religious practice in Cuba.

In this rhythm the low drum is the solo drum. In future blog entries I will cover many variations that can be played by the solo drum. There is an incredible Iyesa on Grupo AfroCuba's Raices Africanas CD. (NOTE: The one I'm showing here is different from the one on the album. The Iyesa on the album uses traditional drums - played with hands and sticks.)


Yeza / Iyesa

High Drum
| 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + |
| S | S | · | S | T | · | T | · | S | S | · | S | T | · | T | · |
| R | L | R | L | R | L | R | L | R | L | R | L | R | L | R | L |

Middle Drum
| 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + |
| B |   | S |   | B | T | B | T | B |   | S |   | B | T | B | T |
| L |   | R |   | L | R | L | R | L |   | R |   | L | R | L | R |

Low Drum
| 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | 4 | + |
| · | M | M | T |   | · | B | B | B |   | · | T |   | · | S |   |
| L | R | L | R |   | L | R | L | R |   | L | R |   | L | R |   |

Key

T = Tone, Open
B = Bass, Bass Tone
S = Slap, Closed
M = Muff, Muffled Tone
· = Touch Stroke

X = Clave/Bell Strike

R = Right Hand Stroke, Primary/Strong Hand Stroke
L = Left Hand Stroke, Weak Hand Stroke


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