Features:

Learn how to play authentic salsa! From traditional Cuban music to the more modern Puerto Rican and New York styles, you'll learn the all-important rhythmic patterns of salsa and how to apply them to the piano. The book provides historical, geographical and cultural background info, and the 50+- audio tracks include piano examples and a full salsa band percussion section. The audio is accessed online for download or streaming and include PLAYBACK+ tools such as tempo adjustment and looping.

Table of Contents:

• What is Salsa?
• A Brief History 1: The Genesis of Caribbean Music
• A Brief History 2: Cuban Music, The Piano and Early Players
• The Rhythm Section
• 3-2 Clave Patterns in Single-Harmony Descarga
• 2-3 Clave Patterns in Single-Harmony Descarga
• Montunos for Major and Minor II-V-I
• Montunos for I-IV-V Sequences: Fo-Fi
• Putting It All Together
• Slow It Down: Gaujira and Cha-Cha, Second Level Syncopation

Catalog:	HL00311049
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Composer:	Hector Martignon
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Voicing:	Piano
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Pages:	56