Rumba Tap Lab | Dance Training with Max Pollak

What is RumbaTapLab: RTL is THE resource for instructional material and interactive exchange of ideas about RumbaTap's artistic expression. You will be able to purchase all RT instructional materials here, in both hardcopy and download format. On this site we will explore all the essential ingredients and gradually introduce you to the creative possibilities of the RumbaTap technique. By explaining and breaking everything down we take a closer look at how all the rhythm and movement patterns work together and what you can do with them. There will be regular updates about technical hints, maintaining a healthy instrument (your body), listening suggestions, and answers to questions you post in the blog. RumbaTapLab will be an active part in Rumbatap's outreach activities.

Rumba Tap Lab

Rumba Tap Dance Training with Max Pollak

THE COMPASS: This concept will help you understand the musical and physical relationship between sound, silence, rhythm and time through movement. It will help you visualize and feel the exact placement of rhythms within the flow of the music. Relevant to anybody who wants to play music or interact with it in any way, this approach will strengthen your sense of musical time and help you grasp complex rhythms more quickly and easily The following exercises are meant to give you a stronger feel for the subdivisions of the beat while maintaining an even and relaxed feeling for the pulse of the music.

TUMBA AND CINQUILLO These two basic syncopated patterns are only one measure in length. They are part of the foundation for the feel of Afro- Cuban music. They are essential for understanding the concept of CLAVE because they create rhythmic tension and excitement when repeated over and over. Both TUMBA and CINQUILLO can be used as accompaniment and as points of departure for improvisation. They are indispensable in your musical vocabulary.

CLAVE AND TUMBA The simultaneous playing of the SON CLAVE pattern with the Tumba drum pattern will deepen your feel, improve your coordination and get you acquainted with the feeling of being a one-person percussion ensemble.

The materials in Rumba Tap Lab.com are for personal use only and are fully license by Rumba Tap, Mr Max Pollak, Rumba Tap Lap. www.rumbatap.com. They may not be reproduced, published, or transmitted electronically for commercial purposes.