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 Identify the common features
found in Salsa Music.
 Explore the rhythms and their
importance to the music.
 An energetic and lively, Latin American
dance from Cuba - Salsa means ‘hot
and spicy’
 a fusion of Cuban/Puerto-Rican music
with American jazz
 Lyrics in Spanish
 8 beat dance rhythm: 1 2 3 _ 5 6 7 _
 Partner dance
 Clave rhythm 3 - 2 or 2 – 3
 Call and response
 Vocals – soloist = sonero
chorus = Choro
 Front line – trumpets, saxophones
 Rhythm – piano, Spanish guitar, bass
 Various percussion –
› Cowbell
› Congo
› claves
› maracas
› guiro
Claves
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Have a cup of tea
Cow Bell
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Guiro
The guiro makes a scraping sound.
Like the cow bell, the guiro accents beats 1, 3, 5, and 7 with long notes.
Between these long notes it plays two short notes.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
 3 main sections
Sonero
(verse
main tune
Soloist)
Mambo
(break
-instrumental
new material
often brass)
Changes of section may be marked by
timbale (drum)
Sections occur more than once in any order
Montuno
(chorus
choro answer
sonero improvises)
 Originally from Cuba. Spanish took
Africans as slaves to replace the
indigenous Indians who had died from
diseases brought to Cuba by the Spanish
 Music of the 2 cultures fused to produce
‘Son’. Puerto Ricans and Cubans
travelled to USA ( New York) where Son
began to combine with Big Band.
Salsa
Son + Big Band =
Traditional Son
Characteristics
 Repeated clave
rhythm
3-2
2-3
 Syncopated
percussion rhythms
creating cross-rhythms
 Call and response
 Mainly primary chords
1, 4, 5
 Percussion instruments
Big Band/Jazz
Characteristics
 Syncopation
 Jazz chords 7ths 9ths
 Riffs
 Imitation
 Comping/vamping
 Brass instruments
 Double bass

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The Rhythm of Salsa

  • 1.
  • 2.  Identify the common features found in Salsa Music.  Explore the rhythms and their importance to the music.
  • 3.  An energetic and lively, Latin American dance from Cuba - Salsa means ‘hot and spicy’  a fusion of Cuban/Puerto-Rican music with American jazz  Lyrics in Spanish  8 beat dance rhythm: 1 2 3 _ 5 6 7 _  Partner dance  Clave rhythm 3 - 2 or 2 – 3  Call and response
  • 4.  Vocals – soloist = sonero chorus = Choro  Front line – trumpets, saxophones  Rhythm – piano, Spanish guitar, bass
  • 5.  Various percussion – › Cowbell › Congo › claves › maracas › guiro
  • 6. Claves 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Have a cup of tea
  • 7. Cow Bell 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  • 8. Guiro The guiro makes a scraping sound. Like the cow bell, the guiro accents beats 1, 3, 5, and 7 with long notes. Between these long notes it plays two short notes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  • 9.  3 main sections Sonero (verse main tune Soloist) Mambo (break -instrumental new material often brass) Changes of section may be marked by timbale (drum) Sections occur more than once in any order Montuno (chorus choro answer sonero improvises)
  • 10.  Originally from Cuba. Spanish took Africans as slaves to replace the indigenous Indians who had died from diseases brought to Cuba by the Spanish  Music of the 2 cultures fused to produce ‘Son’. Puerto Ricans and Cubans travelled to USA ( New York) where Son began to combine with Big Band.
  • 11. Salsa Son + Big Band =
  • 12. Traditional Son Characteristics  Repeated clave rhythm 3-2 2-3  Syncopated percussion rhythms creating cross-rhythms  Call and response  Mainly primary chords 1, 4, 5  Percussion instruments Big Band/Jazz Characteristics  Syncopation  Jazz chords 7ths 9ths  Riffs  Imitation  Comping/vamping  Brass instruments  Double bass