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Salsa Piano 101 - Learn The Secrets To Playing Salsa by Ear!

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  • lol look how his pinky sticks out!

  • ...When the music of Cuba's countryside came to Havana, the piano became incorporated in its sound. For example: Ruben Gonzales, of Buena Vista Social Club fame, played with the orchestra of Arsenio Rodriguez, a tres player who popularized the son-montuno style. I invite you to explore further through the ever-growing body of resources available on this topic.

    Best, Jeff Goodkind

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  • Pardon me :-) my comment below is unfinished because of the apparent character limit. Anyways...to continue. The piano became popular in Havana in the late 1800s through European ballroom styled music called the contradanza; this style's most popular composer was Ignacio Cervantes. Later, with the addition of African derived instruments such as the congas, this elegant music evolved into the danzon. When the music of Cuba's countryside came to Havana, the piano became incorporated in its

  • "Montuno" has to do with the countryside of Cuba. One said to live in rural Cuba could be called "un montunero" or a person from the mountains. The patterns played by the piano in an Afro-Cuban context are derived from the patterns originally played by guitarists and tres (3 double-stringed guitar-like instrument) players in the rural regions of Cuba. Hence, the name of the pattern played by the piano, "montuno", evokes its original rural Cuban roots. Of course, the piano, not being a

  • Why are you explaining what a C chord is when playing Salsa is advanced in itslelf?

    This is ridiculous - pianists are not teachers.

  • the sound is a little bit retarded from the image, anyway nice tutorial!

  • Montuno come from Cuba..

  • there are books to figure out where montuno comes from, or one could always ask...

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