Blog August 14, 2019

Wesli Teaches Haitian Compas Guitar in Five Minutes

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<p>Wesli is a dynamic guitarist and arranger, and he's also&mdash;lucky for us&mdash;an educator, who has founded a free music school in his hometown of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.</p> <p>After chatting with Afropop's Ben Richmond, Wesli generously agreed to give Afropop listeners a quick, five-minute lesson on how to play <em>compas</em> guitar, a wonderfully playful Haitian style. He cheerfully indulged us.</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" scrolling="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/665352704&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no"></iframe><br></p>