I do show you how to read tablature, which is like a short hand for reading guitar music, but we will not be learning those nursery rhyme tunes that many method books have you starting on right away. If you have never formally studied jazz harmony or classical harmony you may get rather confused, rather quickly, with this book of mine. Check out playing tumbao and a montuno, salsa guitar lesson. The book is merely aimed at helping your brain, your ears and your hands learn to hear some useful musical patterns, so that you can learn to play what you hear, in real time, on the guitar, while youore hearing it. It shows how to play a tumbao bass line and a montuno at the same time. Noads first book, playing the guitar became a paperback best seller in the sixties, and this success lead to a succession of further instruction books and anthologies listed below. Jan 01, 2018 finally the first instructional book showing guitarists how to play salsa styles. It is used to lay down the montuno which in cuban music, is a repeating melody that is played over two or three chords. As you can see, the pattern is very similar to the one you just learned, though this time it starts on the upbeat of the first bar, rather than the downbeat. The latin guitar approach is one which incorporates a bold strum technique and a confident rhythmic feel when it comes to the groove of this style. The son clave is probably ihe most prominent clave in todays salsa.
Playing tumbao and a montuno, salsa guitar lesson guitar. Tracing over one hundred years of development, mauleon explores the range and variety of the pianos role in popular afrocaribbean music, from its early beginnings to the latest in contemporary styles. The book begins by teaching you soloing and accompaniment techniques used in all genres of latin music, as well as the rhythmic backbone of many latin styles, the clave. Note that scale degrees 10 is the same as 3, 12 the same as 5, 14 the same as 7, and 15 the same as and root.
Aug 12, 2019 salsa, afro cuban montunos for guitar. Documents similar to salsa afro cuban montunos for guitar. A ninety two page book containing hundreds of montuno piano patterns in 23 and 32 clave. This rhythm is directly derived from a typical tres pattern. The son arose in orientemerging the spanish guitar and lyrical traditions with afrocuban percussion and rhythms. Salsa and afro cuban montunos for piano sheet music by carlos. Salsa and afro cuban montunos for piano is an extremely informative 100 page book. When we play all three notes at the same time, it is called. The strumming groove is largely sixteenth note orientated and the pattern for the bossa feel is largely eighthnotes performed with an alternate bassnote pattern. These guitar salsa patterns can be used for jazz, latin jazz and flamenco musical styles. Apr 28, 2019 salsa, afro cuban montunos for guitar. Rebeca mauleonsantana, author of the criticallyacclaimed salsa guidebook for piano and ensemble and coeditor of the latin real book, creates the ultimate resource for the aspiring as well as the seasoned afrocaribbean pianist with her newest book, 101 montunos.
Joes guitar method towards a jazz improvisers technique. The guitar is tuned in perfect fourths p4, all fourths. A montuno is a repeated phrase, usually two to four measures long, and is a key element of salsa and afrocuban music. The main focus of this book is to teach beginners basic guitar playing knowledge. It shows how to play a tumbao bass line and a montuno at the same time cascaracampanabell patterns. Beyond salsa piano consists of two or three separately sold products. Music educational books and sheet music downloads for blues, jazz, funk, latin, gospel, rock, celtic styles for instruments including piano, keyboards, sax.
Guitar tres the guitar and the cuban tres interpret a rhythmic vamp repeated sequence of chords called the guajeo. The sound of an amplified electric guitar is very different from that of an acoustic guitar. Jazz piano basics dan davey tensions are non chord tones that are added to a chord to change the colortexture of the chord. Songs like blue bossa, the girl from ipanema, and besame mucho have long been part of the jazz repertoire while there are many variations of this pattern, this is a basic bossa guitar pattern that will allow you to confidently and authentically play any bossa tune. Click here to download a printable pdf of this lessons notation along with. In my opinion creepy is the main theme of the book. This latin improvisation lesson uses an a minor montuno. Campos music montuno arrangements for piano, song 1. Salsa,afro cuban montunos for guitar carlos campos scribd. Campos music salsa, afro cuban montunos for guitar. Following on from his highly successful salsa pianokeyboard instructional books carlos campos has created a book for guitarists with over 400 examples 60 examples recorded as mp3 and wave file downloads with each example. Jun 04, 2019 when i first started learning latin piano a decade ago, this book was a huge help. Page 08, dominant 7th, example 1, 23 clavemontunos for. There are few different patterns that are traditionally played with the bell.
Pdf salsa afro cuban montunos for guitar juan camilo. 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. Son montuno was first adapted by dance bands in the 1920s played with an ensemble of guitar, tres, clave and adding bongos, bass and a trumpet. This book explores different chord progressions common to this style such as. Pat is a fan of playing chromatic thirds, both ascending and descending, which you can see at the end of the lick in this example. Jun 24, 2019 salsa, afro cuban montunos for guitar.
Almost every example is written in montuno style for ensemble playing and in montuno tumbao style for solo playing. Cuban son montuno guitar licks em cuban tres guitar. Mystery unraveled victor l pez, clinician sponsored by alfred publishing company guest clinicians. A chord vamp with inner moving voices or montuno is a latin guitar and piano accompaniment technique used often in latin music. Following on from his highly successful salsa pianokeyboard instructional books carlos campos has created a book. Carlos campos salsa, afro cuban montunos for piano. All of these are chord tones ct, and therefore, these are not tensions. Salsa piano lesson typical montuno rhythm the music workshop. Five piano arrangements in a 23 clave montuno style using a chord progression similar to blue bossa. Ukulele books, easy ukulele songs, ukulele tabs, ukulele chords, love john lennon, john lennon paul mccartney, love me do lyrics, acoustic guitar strap. Almost every example is written in montuno style for ensemble playing and in montunotumbao style for solo playing.
Finally the first instructional book showing guitarists how to play salsa styles. While theres a vast vocabulary of montunos, lets explore a basic pattern ex. May 28, 2016 afrocuban montunos for guitar salsa guitar montuno patterns for salsa guitar. May 26, 2019 salsa, afro cuban montunos for guitar.
This typical pat metheny lick contains a number of 3rd intervals, both diatonic and chromatic. A montuno is a unique accompaniment pattern often used in latin america, especially in afrocuban music. Latin guitar accompaniment techniques latin guitar part 2 chord vamps montuno by andrew wasson. It comes with 2 cds, but i took the music out of them and put it in my mp3 player, so it is magnificent the really easy way it teaches you how to play salsa. Falcon e 2005 midwest clinic 59th annual conference h ilton c hicago c hicago, illinois december 16, 2005 special thanks to. My book is more about applying the things you have already learned about harmony and composition to the guitar than it is about learning them in the first place. In 1966 noad launched the award winning tv series guitar with frederick noad for pbs the programs were enthusiastically received from coast to coast, and were. Its time to infuse your playing with a little hotblooded romance. The cuban tres or tres cubano is a 3course instrument with 6 or more strings used in traditional cuban son.
Salsa and afro cuban montunos for piano linkedin slideshare. It features different two hand voicings while maintaining the 23 clave pattern. Tres cubano,cuban tres, cuban guitar, method book, ebook. Cascara means shell and the patterns are usually played on the shell of the timbales you could also play them with a bell. Every montuno or guajeo pattern for guitar in this book is written in 23 or 32 clave. The first montunos were played by the tresa 6string guitarlike. The book begins by teaching you soloing and accompaniment techniques used in all genres of latin. There are many types of son, 3 of which the son montuno is one. The guajeo sometimes also confusingly referred to as montuno forms the rhythmic backbone or stream of notes upon which the lyrics and melodies float.
Cascara means shell and the patterns are usually played on the shell of the timbales. For more info on salsa guitar, please check out this lesson as well. Feb 15, 2015 salsa and afro cuban montunos for piano 1. The total latin guitarist is an exciting journey into the world of latin guitar playing. Jun 22, 2015 son montuno was originally played in an ensemble consisting of a guitar, a tres and clave. Well begin with the first brazilian based rhythm in this lesson, the bossa nova. Salsa and afro cuban motunos for guitar, by carlos campos. Here, beginners and professionals can find hundreds of montunos notefornote transcriptions from original recordings.
The c chord is formed from three of the keys in the c 5finger position. A fun and comprehensive overview of latin guitar playing. Afrocuban montunos for guitar salsa guitar by max padron. All done with a rhythmic background in clave 23 tambora, bongo y timbal. Following on from his highly successful salsa pianokeyboard instructional books carlos campos has created a book for guitarists with over 400 examples 60 examples recorded with each example for 23 and 3.
Salsa,afro cuban montunos for guitar carlos campos free download as pdf file. Classical guitar method volume i by bradford werner free pdf download 102 pages beginner classical or fingerstyle guitar. Montuno guitar video 2020 telecaster vintage, producao. Aug 27, 2010 you can also down the pdf of the different montunos with tumbao includes tab and treble clef. Jan 16, 2016 a montuno is a repeated phrase, usually two to four measures long, and is a key element of salsa and afrocuban music. This chord progression is basically just a big a minor chord. On this website you will find music books, instructional videos, audio backup tracks, midi files. The next salsa rhythm that youll learn is a variation of the previous salsa rhythm, only this time it is a 32 clave montuno. Salsa y afro cuban montunos for guitar montuno patterns. It is an instruction book, and montjnos my opinion the section on clave alone is worth the price.
All piano exercises 240 piano finger exercises in all keys. Son montuno was originally played in an ensemble consisting of a guitar, a tres and clave. I personally refer to it as a microprogression because it goes by in the blink of an eye the typical montuno goes through iivviv in two measures, which, at 180 bpms, is about 2. Salsa piano lesson typical montuno rhythm the music. The following 2bar pattern is the most typical montuno rhythm, consisting of a phrase with two strong beats and seven upbeats. This book teaches classical and fingerstyle guitar skills with a focus on the rich pedagogical tradition of classical guitar. Playmontuno download latin sheet music and playalongs. Bach the parts of the guitar there are three main types of guitars,the steelstring acoustic, the nylon string or classical guitar, and the electric guitar. Afro cuban montunos for guitar music instructional book. You can define a montuno as a repeated pattern of notes or small chords with syncopated moving inner voices and a different syncopated. Latin guitar accompaniment techniques andrew wasson. You can also down the pdf of the different montunos with tumbao includes tab and treble clef. This book focuses on playing the guitar, not reading sheet music. This book can not teach you how to improvise jazz on the guitar.