Orestes Vilató Etude #4 from The Language of the Masters by Michael Spiro

Here is Timbale Etude #4 from the Sher publications book The Language of the Masters by Michael Spiro. This is a written-out solo based on the playing of Orestes Vilató and is not a transcription. The piece was composed by Michael Spiro. Please see the other videos in this series where I play several other solos from the book. This is one of my favorite books when it comes to teaching Afro-Cuban percussion. The book features transcribed solos from many great percussion artists on timbales, congas and bongos. For this etude I am using a very wide tuning C (low) and Bb (high). The timbales I am using were made by JCR percussion and are 15" and 14" in diameter. The timbale sticks are the Vic Firth Alex Acuna "Conquistador" model.