mcp_opendaw_create_songo_pattern
Create songo drum patterns for Latin music, choosing from classic, modern, fusion, or funk variations to add authentic Cuban rhythm to your tracks.
Instructions
Create a songo drum pattern — the Cuban drum-kit fusion that revolutionized Latin music.
Songo emerged in the 1970s with Los Van Van (drummer Changuito). It fused son montuno, rumba, jazz, and rock drumming into a single drum-kit pattern — the first time Cuban percussion was adapted to a Western kit. Unlike clave (a timeline), tumbao (congas), or cascara (timbale shell), songo is a complete drum-kit groove: kick + snare + hi-hat + tom accents working together as one synchronized engine. It became the foundation of modern salsa, timba, and Latin jazz drumming.
The pattern is 2 bars in 4/4. Kick plays syncopated bombo notes, snare alternates between rim clicks and open hits, hi-hat plays a continuous 8th-note pattern with accents, and toms fill rhythmic gaps with tonal accents. The feel is loose but locked — every stroke relates to the 3-2 clave without explicitly playing it.
variations: "classic" — Original Los Van Van songo. Kick on 1, 2.5, 4, 6.5. Snare rim clicks on 3, 7. Open snare on 4.5. HH 8ths. "modern" — Timba-era songo (1990s+). Denser kick, ghost snare notes, tom fills on bar 2. More aggressive, busier. "fusion" — Jazz-influenced. Ride-like HH pattern, syncopated kick displacements, brush snare. Los Hermanos approach. "songo_funk" — Songo with funk inflection. Kick on 1, 1.75, 3.5, 4.75. Ghost snare 16ths. Backbeat on 2 and 4. Groove-oriented.
bars: Pattern length (2-16, must be even for 2-bar cycle). velocity: Base velocity (0-1). kick_pitch: MIDI pitch for kick drum (36 = C1). snare_pitch: MIDI pitch for snare (38 = D1). hh_pitch: MIDI pitch for hi-hat (42 = F#1). tom_pitch: MIDI pitch for tom accents (45 = A1).
Args: bars: Pattern length in bars (2-16, even). variation: Pattern variation (classic, modern, fusion, songo_funk). velocity: Base velocity 0-1. unit_index: AU index. track_index: Note track index. start_beat: Starting beat position. kick_pitch: Kick MIDI pitch. snare_pitch: Snare MIDI pitch. hh_pitch: Hi-hat MIDI pitch. tom_pitch: Tom MIDI pitch.
Returns notes created, stroke breakdown, and pattern info.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| bars | No | ||
| hh_pitch | No | ||
| velocity | No | ||
| tom_pitch | No | ||
| variation | No | classic | |
| kick_pitch | No | ||
| start_beat | No | ||
| unit_index | No | ||
| snare_pitch | No | ||
| track_index | No |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |