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There are three important locations in the development of salsa music:
- 1. Cuba: many styles of music that are performed by salsa bands today have theirroots in Cuba. Much salsa music can be called “Afro-Cuban,” because it comes from Cuba, but was created by populations who can trace their roots back to Africa.
- 2. Puerto Rico: some musical styles played by salsa bands come from Puerto Rico,but perhaps more importantly, many well-known salsa musicians are from this island.
- 3. New York City: the actual birthplace of “salsa.” The salsa style was created in NYC largely by Puerto Rican immigrants.
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is a Cuban style that has influenced today’s salsa music. is percussion music and dance, along with singing (very similar to African dance-drumming music). it was created in the late 1800s, but is still danced today.
rumba
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was a style that originated as a rural music. When son became more popular in Cuban cities around the turn of the 20th century, it became more cosmopolitan,incorporating upright bass and trumpet.
Son
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The _________section was also added: a cyclic, harmonically static section that allowed for extended improvisation.
montuno
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The son is also notable for its use of ]
clave rhythm
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such as Dizzy Gillespie introduced Cuban music to Americanaudiences by incorporating Cuban styles – and musicians – into his performances.
Jazz artists
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swept the States in the 1950s and 1960s. Is Afro-Cuban music played by a big band ensemble (like a jazz big band). The most significant figure in the mambo era was bandleader and composer Perez Prado.
“mambo craze”
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was founded in 1964 in NYC. it was dedicated to thepromotion of Latin American artists.
Fania Records
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Instrumentation of a typical salsa band
- A. vocalists – lead, and possibly separate backup vocalists as well
- B. horn section
- • trumpets, trombones are most common
- • sax, flute are possible
- • size of horn section can vary
- C. rhythm section:
- • piano
- • bass guitar
- • percussion (for example, congas, bongos, timbales, maracas, guiro)
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In salsa music, clave has two meanings
it may refer to an instrument comprising two wooden sticks that are struck against one another, or it may also refer to a rhythmic pattern that underlies many salsa styles.
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Clave rhythm is often presented in two “versions”:
3-2 or 2-3
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today is the direct descendant of the Cuban son.
“salsa”
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Characteristic elements of the salsa style include
clave rhythm, a moderateto fast tempo, and an emphasis on both vocal and instrumental improvisation.
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Cuban bolero charastics
- • The term bolero applies to several different musical styles, from various countries. In Cuba, the bolero is a slow-tempo ballad.
- • You can recognize the Cuban bolero by listening for the conga drums,which play a distinct “low-high-low” rhythmic pattern.
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cha cha cha:
- listening for the guiro (a scrapedidiophone), and by listening for a steady four-beat pulse played on the small timbale cowbell.
- It is almost always playedin a moderate tempo.
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The cha cha cha was first created in the
1950s
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