Cuban Music and its Deriavitives |
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First up I will start with the "Montuno" which are the repititions used in many of the deriatives of Cuban Music primarily at the end of the composition. Here is the first example with this link and yep it is a Fania release but still a Cuban composition by the great Arsenio Rodriguez and one will hear the montuno mid during the tune and particulary at the end of this little Latin rocker Larry Harlow changed it too. Junior Gonzalez is the vocalist with the montuno section having the addition of the coros ( backing vocalists) being mixed with Junior's lead. It's the repitition!
Celia Cruz has a version as well from her Tico album "Son Con Guaguanco".
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Cuban music is often labelled as Son and people are partly right but Son is actually a style of Cuban music which has become the most well known. Cuban music is divided into many of these styles or sub genre's which today has become a mix with comtempary Latin music becoming what is known as Boogaloo and Salsa. Many a Cuban singer, even today would wince as being known as a Salsero but a Sonero is the correct term for these singers that originate from the home of one of the greatest styles and influences throughout todays modern music including, particulary African and Western styles of music. Salsa also has Puerto Rican and slight western influences which have their own deriavitives and although Salsa is primarily Cuban based it has been, one could say, "corrupted with these other influences". This is not a page on disrespect for this fabulous music that Salsa has become and I myself would never have delved back many years ago into Cuban music if not for those first Fania Salsa albums that I purchased containing all the joy, drive, beat and class that great Salsa has. "Still it just the sauce" which went on top of Cuban music one could say, if you pardon the pun for Spanish speaking people.
The clave is the basis for all of of those poly rhythms which actually were originall old sailing ship pegs but slowly morphed into todays smooth looking varnished wooden pegs. The clave provides a five accents which is the basic under laying rhythm within so many Afro Cuban compositions and styles. Whether the clave is used or not by a band or orchestra that rhythm is still present. Edited by Matt - 05 Jul 2012 at 7:52pm |
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