{"product_id":"9781480832763","title":"Conga Drums in Space and Time: Musical Theory of Time Positions and Polymetry, with Percussion Notation for Hand Drums","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfro-Cuban percussion contributes essential characteristics to the richness of Latin American musical folklore, and its rhythmic systems hold a complexity and sophistication that deserve greater study among both learned and popular musical spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn Conga Drums in Space and Time, author Jorge Pardo presents an exploration of the surprising ways rhythms can create three-dimensional space when properly structured, considering Afro-Cuban percussion in particular. He charts the emotional excitement felt by listeners when exposed to syncopated rhythms using a thought-provoking theory of time positions. These ideas then carry over into Pardo’s own system of hand drum notation (HDN), a simple and straightforward iconography that allows percussionists of any level to sight-read two hand patterns and play authentic Conga rhythms in a short time. Through a combination of theory and practical exercises, Pardo takes musicians on an unusual rhythmic journey of discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntriguing and challenging, this bilingual study explores the unexpected relationship between music and three-dimensional space and provides a simple and accessible system for percussion notation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archway Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172223762672,"sku":"9781480832763","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480832763_p0.jpg?v=1763620984","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480832763","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}