Part 5 · Other Styles · Chapter 70
Much Afro-Cuban and West African music is built on a 6/8 bell pattern: seven notes spread over twelve eighth notes (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12). On the drum set it is often played on the ride cymbal or its bell.
The ride plays the bell pattern; the bass drum plays the four big beats softly.
Hi-hat foot on beats 2 and 4.
Sing the pattern until you can repeat it for a whole minute without thinking. Then add the feet.