Beyond Salsa Piano - Melon Lewis - The Cuban Timba Piano Revolution

http://timba.com/piano - Iván "Melón" Lewis was a central player in one of the most important bands of the entire timba era, the Issac Delgado Group of 1995-1998. He and bassist Alain Pérez arguably took the art of tumbao playing to its highest level of creativity and sophistication to date. All of the timba piano innovations detailed in Volume 5 can be found in Melón's work and some of them originated with him.

In Volumes 6, 7, 8 and 9, we cover every major arrangement that Melón regularly played live with the Delgado group. We will eventually also offer a video series with Melón playing all the examples as notated and then adding additional improvised variations. Stay tuned!

Beyond Salsa Piano is a history and anthology of the role of the piano in the Cuban rhythm section -- from its first appearance to the present. In a broader sense, it's a study of the tumbao -- the art of creating music from layers of repeating rhythmic and melodic phrases. Whether these syncopated figures are called tumbaos, guajeos, montunos, riffs or vamps, this Afro-Cuban concept lies at the heart of nearly every popular music genre from salsa to rock , funk, R&B, hiphop and jazz.

While presented as a set of method books, the series doubles as a history course and record collecting guide for listeners, dancers, and players of instruments other than the piano.

Perhaps the most important goal of the series is to provide a comprehensive understanding of how tumbaos are constructed, their central role in the texture of Latin music of all eras, and the endless possibilities they provide for creative composing and arranging.

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Music

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• musica
• keyboard
• piano music
• piano sheet music
• lessons
• clases
• clave cubana
• montuno
• tumbao
• Issac Delgado
• Fazioli
• instructional
• how to play

[idelizv]

Tàpate con la Colcha, pa la escuela to el mundo, jajajajajaja, inalcanzable, tal vez para la otra vida nos encontremos para darte unos cocotazos y kitarte la merienda, jajajajajajaja, por lo pronto saco no mas la escencia (0,0001%) y trato de engañar a la gente con lo ke hago, jajajaja, Saludos Master

[edwinalmonti]

Demasiado claro! Coñasoooo!!!!!

[TheBachaton]

Vaya!!! Te la comiste leon... Cirvio!

[sueoshun]

One of the greatest gigs at one of the sweetest venues in the Bay Area - with one of the most stunning pianists on the planet...Ivan "Melon" Lewis on a Fazioli grand at Piedmont Piano Company. Melon was here touring with Buika and we snagged him to celebrate Beyond Salsa Piano, a book series by author Kevin Moore. Sign up for Piedmont's email list so you can catch gigs when in the SF Bay Area. ALWAYS check timba.com for super Cuban music news. Yay! Melon and Kevin!