Rolling in the Deep

In friday's lesson (14/08/12), we were given the option to perform a song either solo, or in an ensemble. I chose to group together with five others to create an ensemble. The performance was going to be acoustic, and there wasn't a drumkit, so I chose to play the bongos. We performed Rolling in the Deep by Adele. We had two girls singing (one lead vocalist, and one backing vocalist). We also had two acoustic guitars and a cajon player. To make the arrangement work for cajon and bongo at the same time, I suggested that the cajon player mainly played just the main beat - the bass drum on beat one and snare drum on beat three. This left space for me to accompany it. I did this by adding ornamentation between these main beats, such as three against four rythms, and other fills. The performance went really well, especially considering we had only practised it twice before performing.