This book helps to overcome the various obstacles and difficulties drummers and multipercussionists from the four corners of the earth have had to face in view of their lack of knowledge about Cuban rhythms: Step by step, it offers – in a very skillful and up-to-date manner – a compilation of polyrhythmic transcriptions of pieces performed by most of the existing Cuban music ensembles featuring a percussion section. In doing so, it gives a novel and extraordinary kind of survey of our Cuban culture, a survey that could be compared to a “Concise Atlas of Cuban Rhythms”.

Preface - Introduction - Notation - Introducción Introductory Piece for Percussion and Drumset - Rhythms and Folkloric Chants for Percussion and Drumset - Rhythms and Chants of Yoruba Origin - Rhythms and Chants of Arará Origin - Rhythms and Chants of Congo Origin - Rhythms and Chants of Carabalí Origin - Folkloric Medley for Percussion and Drumset - Cuban Popular Musical Genres for Percussion and Dreumset - Transcriptions of Music Examples Performed by Variou Orchestras and Ensembles with Percussion and Drumset Sections - Introducción Percussion and Drumset - Flossara - About the Author - Discography - CD Content