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What This Module Trains 🎯
Hearing the timbales, and two moves for them.
The Instrument 🥁
- Timbales. It's these two drums that are mounted and you play with sticks.
- Cencerro. You usually have a cowbell that's mounted on top that's called the cencerro.
- Timbalero. The Timbalero is sort of the king of the freestyle.
- Descarga. It's the part of the music where the Timbalero is going to be improvising.
- Cascara. A rhythm where the Timbalero is going to hit the side of the timbale with the stick.
- Syncopated heel. I'm gonna just tap my heel on 5.
- Despelote. Your caballo step, but now we're gonna be rolling our hips counterclockwise.
How the Drill Runs 🔁
- Basic. Heel: 1 2 3 4 and 5.
- Despelote. Basic, then 5 6, drop, 1, roll.
- Basic, one more time.
Technique Cues 💡
- Twist the knee out, it gives more effect than the hips.
- Roll the chest, left forward, right back.
- Highlight the cascara only when it is pronounced.
💡 Drill it: heel for the cascara, Despelote for the cencerro.
🎯 Community
Practice without judging yourself. Every dancer started exactly where you are. Be patient. This lands in the body over months, not days. Record yourself. You will see things you cannot feel. Post it in the community tab, or on Instagram tagging the page.
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