The Salsa GuidebookThe only complete method book on Salsa ever published. Numerous musical examples of how different Afro-Cuban styles are created, what each instrument does, text explaining the history and structure of the music, etc. "This will be the Salsa Bible for years to come." Sonny Bravo, Tito-Puente's pianist. |
Contents
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Salsa Instruments Ensembles | |
Ensembles in Traditional AfroCuban Music | |
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Instrument Patterns and Clave | |
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accents African Afro Ansonia Areíto Armando Peraza arpeggiated Arsenio Rodríguez bass drum batá drums beat bell pattern bomba bombo bongo bell Carlos carnaval cha-cha-chá Changuito Chap charanga chékeres chord clave clave direction clave pattern comparsa Concord Picante conga drums Conjunto coro Courtesy Hector Rivera Cuba Cuba’s Cuban music dance danzón David Belove EGREM eighth-note ensemble example Fania SLP Francisco guaguancó guajeo guaracha güiro guitar harmonic Havana Hector Rivera horn II-V improvisation Israel Cachao jazz José López Los Van Van Luis Machito mambo section maracas Martin Cohen measure melody merengue Michael Spiro montuno montuno pattern montuno section mozambique Muñequitos de Matanzas música one-bar Orquesta Palmieri percussion instruments Pérez phrase piano played player polyrhythmic popular Puerto pulse Rebeca Mauleón Recommended Artists René Castro rhythm section rhythmic patterns rhythmic styles Ritmo rumba clave salsa Sexteto solo son-montuno songo strings syncopated TH Rodven Tico timbales Tito Puente tres trumpet tumbadora tumbao Valdés vamp variations woodblock