Introduction to the beyond salsa piano series the beyond salsa piano series is designed to be used either as a stand. Top salsa pianists show deep influences going from classical music to modern jazz. Download my free jazz piano sheet music ebooks here. The primary rhythm is the clave, though the piano also plays a montuno and tumbao. Sheet music arranged for singer pro, and piano vocalguitar in d major. Salsa on piano was composed in 2015 by mizue murakami from galaxy music notes for piano players who wish to learn the beginning level latin rhythm especially salsa rhythm, coordination, and syncopation. When salsa music began to gain popularity in cuba, there was an emergence of new cuban bands who incorporated the drum kit into their setup and began playing more pop, rock, and funk influenced salsa music. This rhythm is directly derived from a typical tres pattern the c chord is formed from three of the keys in the c 5finger position.
Salsa with other unnamed grooves created within the rhythm section i. Salsa le le piano solo intermediate to difficult 1 pdf 1 mp3 9. Carlos campos salsa, afro cuban montunos for piano. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in g major. A lot of wanttobe pianists struggle to learn the basics of piano playing. It is quite complex, but the loudest notes are the ones to watch for. Piano salsatumbao piano lessons, piano, blues music. Whats the difference between a tumbao, a guajeo and a montuno 59. That said, each bass series book is much longer than its piano counterpart, and quite a bit more. Check out playing tumbao and a montuno, salsa guitar lesson. Unlike in traditional jazz, the pianos role is often to play a repetitive rhythmic pattern known as the montuno or tumbao. Tumbao piano merengue en c by digital sheet music for piano.
You can also down the pdf of the different montunos with tumbao includes tab and treble clef. Salsa le le piano solo intermediate to difficult 1 pdf 1 mp3 9 added the 10062008. Notice how the sevenths are in octaves, emphasising the voice leading between chords. In music of afrocuban origin, tumbao is the basic rhythm played on the bass. The contribution of the piano to a salsa band consists of sophisticated harmonies and syncopated rhythms. Jun 22, 2015 ln the following examples you will hear both of these styles extensively. The basic salsa conga rhythm is called the tumbao demonstrated by nate torres in this video. Salsa sheet music, salsa scores, salsa arrangements, salsa transcriptions, salsa band arrangements, salsa charts we are professional musicians who, for over 25 years, have been doing salsa sheet music for orchestras and bands. Here are presented two chord progressions among the most popular and the most used in salsa music.
The right hand plays half notes in a similar way to the bongo bell in salsa music while the bass drum outlines a tumbao. Identifying piano notes on sheet music and the piano keyboard. There are two brief sections where the bass hints at timba gears dropping out to introduce a coro, and later playing a pedal tone. Indeed, as in many musical genres like pop or jazz, some chord progressions occur more often than others in salsa and it is very important to know it. How to play a basic latin bass line on electric bass guitar. Sheet music arranged for singer pro, and pianovocalguitar in d major. Print and download tumbao piano merengue en c m sheet music. One major problem that they have is that they cant play the piano by ear.
The pattern in this video is from this book salsa, afro cuban montunos for piano. Tumbao piano merengue en c by digital sheet music for. A bass tumbao line is obtained by anticipating fondamental notes of a chords and by alternating them with the fifth. Second, instead of arpeggiating the chords, you can break them in two and play the montuno pattern. I played for 5 years in a salsa outfit, heres my best tips. In cuban music and salsa, a tumbao commonly denoted a syncopated bass line. 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. The tumbao is the bass part and just needs to play chord tones especially the root and the 5th using the tumbao rhythm. Now, just to bring this back around to the piano tumbao, the ultimate goal is. Jan 29, 2016 here are presented two chord progressions among the most popular and the most used in salsa music. Learning to play a tumbao and a montuno, salsa guitar lesson. Download piano solo sheet music in the styles of latin, spanish, caribbean, tango and many others at multilevels. Salsa piano lesson typical montuno rhythm the music workshop. In cuba, the clave cycle is notated in sixteenth notes, with each clave half.
Clave over pulse clave over montuno and tumbao rhythms. The guajeo sometimes also confusingly referred to as montuno forms the rhythmic backbone or stream of notes upon which the lyrics and melodies float. Montuno patterns on c7 for piano 23 clave rhythm youtube. Salsa piano lesson typical montuno rhythm the music. Salsa with 68 bata drumming intro and or interlude 9. Not only are harmonic elements dealt with in great detail, his attention to the rhythmic elements is unprecedented. Piano the essential role of the piano is to provide a rhythmic river of notes on which are carried the vocal and instrument melodies. Recalling that the salsa main rhythmic elements include 1. Latest posts how to play a basic latin bass line on electric bass. Falcon e 2005 midwest clinic 59th annual conference h ilton c hicago c hicago, illinois december 16. Sometimes referred to as a piano montuno, these grooves usually consist of a repetitive rhythmic figure or theme and generally found in latin or afrocuban. There are few different patterns that are traditionally played with the bell. Use coupon code spring20 at checkout to receive 20% off your order. The idea is to get you familiarized with the style, clave 23, 32 and progress to the next level with more complex rhythms.
In north america, the basic conga drum pattern used in popular music is also called tumbao. It shows how to play a tumbao bass line and a montuno at the same time cascaracampanabell patterns. The 23 clave 2 notes in bar 1 and 3 notes in bar 2 is just the reverse of the 32 clave. Note for note transcriptions by kevin moore photography by tom ehrlich. Salsa grooves is a book of bass lines with basic latin salsa grooves.
Salsa and afro cuban montunos for piano linkedin slideshare. Methodology, sources and issues 41 chapter 1 son montuno, the tumbao and the role of the piano 47 1. Listen to the free complete audio sample at galaxy music notes. If you dont read music and arent interested in the explanations and history, you can choose to buy only the audio andor video products for each volume. Although there are other books available on the market that deal with salsa piano, kevin moores series digs deeper and goes further than anything previously seen. In a broader sense, its a study of the tumbao the art of creating music from layers of repeating rhythmic and melodic phrases. Included are bass tumbaos for each of the piano tumbaos aka, montunos in beyond salsa piano, vol.
The examples go with mp3 audio files in which youll. Tumbao piano merengue en c m by digital sheet music for. Clavelike pulse mimics cuban son clave but delays 2nd note in 2. The art of the tumbao is to include enough rhythmic and harmonic variation to be interesting to the ear and brain but leave enough hardcore visceral groove to keep the body happy.
This is just a sample of this item, buy this item to display the complete music. The first bass book in the beyond salsa series of afrocuban musical instruction methods, beyond salsa bass volume 1 for beginners includes bass tumbaos for each of the piano tumbaos aka, montunos in beyond salsa piano, vol. I remember always loving those piano moments in latin music in fact, one of my alltime favorite latin piano grooves to this day can be found at the 2. Celia cruz quimbara sheet music in g major download. Cascara means shell and the patterns are usually played on the shell of the timbales you could also play them with a bell. Sheet music arranged for piano vocalguitar in g major. Mystery unraveled victor l pez, clinician sponsored by alfred publishing company guest clinicians. Licensed to virtual sheet music by alfred publishing company. Salsa music incorporates clavea fiveonset rhythmic gesture that exists in afro cuban. It shows how to play a tumbao bass line and a montuno at the same time.
Cascara means shell and the patterns are usually played on the shell of the timbales. Literature on salsa 38 popular music in cuba, social context and the prerevolutionary period 39 3. Cubaneo in latin piano scholarlycommons university of. In the early 1980s, when groups like rumbavana and son 14 revitalized older cuban forms, partially as the revolutions answer to u. The underlying base of modern salsa music is the piano. Now, just to bring this back around to the piano tumbao, the ultimate goal is to make the piano part a hook. Beyond salsa piano is a remarkable and unique series. The examples below show simple piano and bass tumbao patterns.
Print and download tumbao piano merengue en c sheet music. The following 2bar pattern is the most typical montuno rhythm, consisting of a phrase with two strong beats and seven upbeats. In keeping with the title, the chord progression is the old flamenco standby i bvii bvi v, but formell finds ways to make the bass part interesting. Practicing montuno in minor iivi all 12 keys charts. Hope this information is helpful for those of you who were. Why is every example shown in both 16th notes and 8th notes. This is where the richness of salsa music shows itself at its best. For more info on salsa guitar, please check out this lesson as well. In the contemporary form of cuban popular dance music known as timba, piano guajeos are known as tumbaos. At points, the melodies change to grind against the piano rhythm giving salsa its characteristic charge, before returning to the flow.
Guitar tres the guitar and the cuban tres interpret a rhythmic vamp repeated sequence of chords called the guajeo. Falcon e 2005 midwest clinic 59th annual conference h ilton c hicago c hicago, illinois december 16, 2005 special thanks to. The son clave is probably ihe most prominent clave in todays salsa. Aug 27, 2010 you can also down the pdf of the different montunos with tumbao includes tab and treble clef.
Salsa on the piano piano sheet music notes intermediate. Salsa sheet music scores band arrangementstranscriptions. Afrocuban latin jazz explained the jazz piano site. Montuno and tumbao replacing clave as groove pattern. Feb 15, 2015 salsa and afro cuban montunos for piano 1. This term also refers to the piano accompaniment pattern. Beyond salsa bass is the companion series to beyond salsa piano, launched in 2009 and now spanning 11 volumes. Afrocuban latin jazz is jazz that uses latinamerican rhythms. We spend many hours on each project, always doing our best to include every note and all the musical feel of the. The grooves are written in a simple way at the beginning and then progressing rhythmically to intermediate level.