It comprises various musical genres including the Cuban The 1980s was a time of diversification, as popular salsa evolved into sweet and smooth Puerto Rican salsa romantica, with lyrics dwelling on love and romance, and its more explicit cousin, salsa erotica. Product of various musical genres including the Afro-Cuban son montuno, guaracha, cha cha chá, mambo, and to a certain extent bolero, and the This is most likely an influence of jazz conventions.[77][78]. Samba- is the basic underlying rhythm … From Wikipedia: Salsa music is a popular dance music that initially arose in … The unprecedented appeal of New York salsa, particularly the "Fania sound", led to its adoption across Latin America and elsewhere. Salsa romantica can be traced back to Noches Calientes, a 1984 album by singer José Alberto "El Canario" with producer Louie Ramirez. These modern harmonies are now a staple of salsa arrangers such as Marty Sheller and Oscar Hernández.". [100] As salsa grew and flourished in other countries, removed by both time and space from the New York epicenter, it adopted local sensibilities and drifted away from its Afro-Cuban moorings. It orignated from the United States, and combined elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz, became an outlet to express their loneliness and anger, and was a result of the interaction of music and religion from Africa, succesion of to distinct musical phrases usally rendered by different musicians, where the second phrase acts as a direct commentary on or response to the first. The following examples show clave with the bongo bell and timbale bell parts in both a 3-2 and a 2-3 sequence. In this sense salsa has been described as a word with "vivid associations". [35] It was common practice for salsa bands to resurrect pre-salsa Cuban classics. The module begins with four ascending eighth-notes starting on the second [quarter-note of the measure]. In the pivotal documentary movie Salsa: Latin Pop Music in Cities (1979), the history of salsa is explained as a mixing of African, Caribbean, and New York cultures and musics, with no mention of Cuba. The Ga's kinka, oge and kpanlogo use duple-pulse 'son clave.'" Of the final five notes in the module, the first four are [offbeats]; the final D4 is on the [last quarter-note] in the second measure of the module. The second measure is considered "weak". In the first module, this note is the Bb3 third of the tonic harmony; in the module repetition, the A3 is the fifth of the dominant. Latin jazz (which was also developed in New York City) has had a significant influence on salsa arrangers, piano guajeos, and instrumental soloists. The Congolese called this new music rumba, although it was really based on the son. There was a niche for more adventurous Puerto Rican bands, such as Eddie Palmieri, and Manny Oquendo's Libre. [16][17], Various music writers and historians have traced the use of salsa to different periods of the 20th century. Popular dance music genre that initially arose in New York City during the 1960s. Departing from the rumba-inspired percussion parts of the previous songo era, "La expresiva" uses typical salsa bell patterns creatively incorporated into a Cuban-style timbales/drum kit hybrid. I was using [the term] salsa, but the music wasn't defined by that. When the song transitions into the montuno section, the bongo player picks up a large hand held cowbell called the bongo bell. [12] Ultimately, it became a global phenomenon. Well I've had to accept it because wherever I travel, I find my records under the category of salsa. "From jazz came a harmonic vocabulary based on extended harmonies of altered and unaltered ninths, elevenths and thirteenths, as well as quartal harmony—chords built on fourths. In this dance style, the hips move back and forth while the arms follow the hips, evolved into African Jazz. [89] By the end of the 1960s though, the Latin music establishment shut down boogaloo airplay and the movement fizzled out. Washburne notes that Willie Colón is an exception. [5][6], Salsa is primarily Cuban son, itself a fusion of Spanish canción and guitar and Afro-Cuban percussion. "[116] As Washburne points out however, a lack of clave awareness does not always get a pass: Marc Anthony is a product of George's innovationist approach. [85] The boogaloo was a true Nuyorican music, a bi-lingual mix of R&B and Cuban rhythms. Music of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2nd Edition, 2018. ", Catapano 2011. Salsa is the product of various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, cha cha chá, mambo, and to a certain extent bolero, and the Puerto Rican bomba and plena. He made the bold move of adding the conga drum, the quintessential Afro-Cuban instrument. Popular dance music genre that initially arose in New York City during the 1960s. Clave awareness within the salsa community has served as a cultural "boundary marker", creating an insider/outsider dichotomy, between Cuban and non-Cuban, and between Latino and non-Latino. Washburne 2008 p. 191. In contrast to salsa though, NG's bass tumbaos are busier, and rhythmically and harmonically more complex than typically heard in salsa. Formell fused American pop with clave-based Cuban elements. During this same period, Tito Puente changed to performing and recording primarily Latin jazz for the remainder of his career. The marketing of salsa romántica singers has often been based more on their youthful sex appeal than on the quality of their music. 56–59. Salsa is a potent expression of clave, and clave became a rhythmic symbol of the musical movement, as its popularity spread. This is what we call guajeo. The bands Batacumbele and Zaperoko of Puerto Rico fully embraced songo. Latin jazz, which was also developed in This configuration emphasizes the ... two-side of the clave. [74][75], A guajeo is a typical Cuban ostinato melody, most often consisting of arpeggiated chords in syncopated patterns. Motivated primarily by economic factors, Fania's push for countries throughout Latin America to embrace salsa did result in an expanded market. It comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo and bolero, basic underlying rhythm that typifies most Brazilian music. Emilio Grenet: "[The] melodic design is constructed on a rhythmic pattern of two measures, as though both were only one, the first is antecedent, strong, and the second is consequent, weak." It became apparent that he had no idea where to place the rhythm. It is a Jaimacan musical style that was strongly influenced by the island’s traditional mento music. Palmieri's solos tend to be rhythmically complex, with avant-garde elements such as harmonic dissonance. They also featured some of the best trombone soloists in the business, several of whom were "Anglo" jazz musicians who had mastered the típico style. [citation needed] Neither the dance, nor the music caught on outside of Cuba. Guajeos are a seamless blend of European harmonic and African rhythmic structures. A.salsa C.reggae B.samba D.were 2. The I IV V IV harmonic progression, so common in Cuban music, is heard in pop music all across the African continent, thanks to the influence of Cuban music. "Years later, [Tito] Puente told me, 'Izzy you remember how much I hated and resisted the term salsa? "[40] Izzy Sanabria responds that Martínez was likely giving an accurate Cuban viewpoint, "but salsa was not planned that way". In 1966, the same year as Joe Cuba's pop success, the Palladium closed because it lost its liquor license. The 1980s saw salsa expand to Nicaragua, Argentina, Peru, Europe and Japan, and diversify into new stylistic interpretations. But promotion certainly wasn't the only factor in the music's success, as Sanabria makes clear: "Musicians were busy creating the music but played no role in promoting the name salsa. ), Wayne Gorbea, Ernie Agusto y la Conspiracion, Orchestra Ray Jay, Orchestra Fuego, and Orchestra Cimarron, amongst other bands that were performing in the Salsa market in the East Coast of the USA. Even so, salsa caught on in many African countries, especially in the Senegambia and Mali. By the mid-1960s, a hybrid Nuyorican cultural identity emerged, primarily Puerto Rican but influenced by many Latin cultures as well as the close contact with African Americans. The antecedent half has three strokes and is referred to as the three-side of clave in the parlance of salsa. 10. The traditional conjunto format consists of congas, bongos, bass, piano, tres, a horn section, and the smaller hand-held percussion instruments: claves, guíro, or maracas, played by the singers. This was followed by a series of updated son montuno and plena tunes that evolved into modern salsa by 1973. They were put together for touring outside of Cuba. When salsa uses non-Cuban rhythms, such as a Puerto Rican plena, guajeos are essential to tie that genre in with the salsa format. It has a lively and rhythmical beat with three steps to every bar, making it like a timed dance, "soul of calypso". Clave was initially written in two measures of 24 (below). [15] Cubans and Puerto Ricans in New York have used the term analogously to swing or soul music. When I stopped trying to impress musicians and started getting in touch with what the people on the street were listening to, I started writing hits. Most guajeos have a binary structure that expresses clave. Salsa music is a popular dance music genre that initially arose in New York City during the 1960s. For example, Johnny Pacheco has consistently articulated a vision of salsa as a broad, multi-ethnic movement: "Salsa was, and still is, a Caribbean musical movement. The Zairean appearance occurred at a music festival held in conjunction with the Muhammad Ali/George Foreman heavyweight title fight. Samba The basic underlying rhythm that typifies most Brazilian music. A moña is a horn guajeo, which can be written or improvised. The first measure of clave is considered "strong", contradicting the meter with three cross beats and generating a sense of forward momentum. [citation needed]. This guajeo is in two-three clave because it begins on the downbeat, emphasizing the onbeat quality of the two-side. In 1955 José Curbelo recorded some other salsa songs (La familia, La la la and Sun sun sun ba bae). Moore states: "The harmonies, never before heard in Cuban music, were clearly borrowed from North American pop [and] shattered the formulaic limitations on harmony to which Cuban popular music had faithfully adhered for so long. "El Pito" was another hit by this popular combo. John Santos stresses the importance of this skill: One of the most difficult applications of the clave is in the realm of composition and arrangement of Cuban and Cuban-based dance music. It comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo, and bolero. The trumpet figure is one clave in length, while the trombone figure is two claves. Improvisation is within a framework of repetition and the melodic contour of the moñas. [38] Homegrown salsa on the other hand, was embraced. Comparing Perspectives on the 'Standard Pattern' of West African Rhythm". [51][52][53][54][55] Son and rumba clave can be played in either a triple-pulse (128 or 68) or duple-pulse (44, 24 or 22) structure. 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[49] Just as a keystone holds an arch in place, the clave pattern holds the rhythm together. "[79] With this type of guajeo motif, the three-side of clave is expressed with all offbeats. Clave is the basic period, composed of two rhythmically opposed cells, one antecedent and the other consequent. Techniques like guajeo pattern displacement often make the music difficult for non-Cubans to dance to. The dilution of Afro-Cuban rhythmic principles created problems for some. The Buena Vista Social Club and its spin-off groups did not exist in Cuba as working bands. [62] The single tone coinciding with the third stroke of clave is known as ponche, an important syncopated accent. Harlow also stretched out from the typical salsa formula with his ambitious opera Hommy (1973), inspired by the Who's Tommy, and integral to Celia Cruz's comeback from early retirement. [113] The Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab plays in a basic salsa style with congas and timbales, but with the addition of Wolof and Mandinka instruments and lyrics. The verse section can be short, or expanded to feature the lead vocalist and/or carefully crafted melodies with clever rhythmic devices. Nevertheless, some people today include Cuban groups in the salsa category. Some of the founding salsa artists were Johnny Pacheco (the creator of the Fania All-Stars), Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, Richie Ray, Bobby Cruz, Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Larry Harlow, Roberto Roena, Bobby Valentín, Eddie Palmieri, and Héctor Lavoe. Salsa also occasionally It comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo, and bolero. Along with the final D4, the initial D4 on the [last offbeat] in the first measure of the module and the Eb4 on the [offbeat] immediately preceding the final note of the module are identical in both modules. [89] Some of the young boogaloo artists, like Willie Colón, were able to transition into the next phase—salsa. For example, several of Arsenio Rodriguez's son montunos from the 1940s, such as "Fuego en el 23" (recorded by Sonora Ponceña) and "El divorcio" (recorded by Johnny Pacheco) were modernized by salsa arrangers. The pan-Latin Americanism of salsa is found in its cultural milieu, more than its musical structure. It would seem at last that Cuban popular music could be marketed as salsa. Although the two rhythms share no parts in common, the band received death threats because some right wing Cuban exiles thought Palmieri's band was playing contemporary Cuban music. [63] The specific alignment between clave and the conga is critical. That is how people learn Cuban music outside Cuba"—Timba.com 2002. Hutchinson says salsa music and dance "both originated with Cuban rhythms that were brought to New York and adopted, adapted, reformulated, and made new by the Puerto Ricans living there. complex layering of rhythmic patterns was a favorite device, where fast-paced tempos add to the rhythmic density, the texture of the music were seen which is unaccompanied vocal solos to those accompanied by stringed instruments, combining native instruments with European counterparts and musical theories further enrichedby the instruments brought by the African slaves, dance form of African originwhich evolved into an African-Brazilian favorite in the working class and slum districts of Rio de Janeiro, its lively rhythm consists of 2/4 meter that is danced as three steps per measure, thus creating a feeling of 3/4 meter instead, meant to be executed for singing, dancing, and parading in the Rio carnival, fusion of the popular music or canciones (songs) of Spain and the African rumba rhythms of Bantu origin, continues to influence the present-day Latin American music, particularly as the forerunner of the salsa, it contains elements from the swing dance and hustle, it involves shifting the weight by stepping sideways, causing the hips to move while the upper body remains level, popular courtship dance with European and African instrumentation and characteristics, may have been if African origin meaning "African dance" or from the Spanish word "taner" meaning "to play", remains a highly expressive and nationalistic form of 20th century Argentinian music, derived from the mambo and its characteristic rhythm of 2 crochets - 3 quvers - quaver rest, with a syncopation on the fourth beat, has a repetitive melody with an ostinato pattern played by the maracas, claves, and other Cuabn percussion isntruments, the music integrates melody, harmony, and rhythm intona swaying feel, where the vocal style is often nasal, urban popular music and dance style that originated in Jamaica in the mid-1960s, contained a Western-style melodic-harmonic base with African sounds and characteristics, American pop and rock music mannerisms, and a preference for a loud volume in the bass, 20th century social dance that originated after 1910 in the USA. [69] The consequent half (second measure) of clave has two strokes and is called the two-side by salsa musicians. It begins with an offbeat pick-up on the pulse immediately before beat 1. The music was still defined as Latin music. Samba Samba is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style. [12] However, the music had already been going strong in the city for several decades prior to the use of the label salsa. Peñalosa 2010 p. 248. Mauleón codifies this approach with examples of bomba, plena, and merengue arrangements for salsa ensemble. The claves and güiro are played by the singers. This new music shared more with salsa than the Cuban music of the previous decade. The next Cuban "dance craze" to hit the United States was the chachachá. As a novice to Latin music, he was propelled into band leader position with little knowledge of how the music was structured. Brenda K. Starr, Son By Four, Víctor Manuelle, and the Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan enjoyed crossover success within the Anglo-American pop market with their Latin-influenced hits, usually sung in English. Salsa is the product of various Cuban musical genres including the Afro-Cuban son montuno, guaracha, cha cha chá, mambo, and Puerto Rican plena and bomba. For example, Cuban-born Machito declared: "There's nothing new about salsa, it is just the same old music that was played in Cuba for over fifty years. Fuses Afro-Caribbean styles of the marcha, reggae and calypso, and is played by carnival bands, hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean Dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment, influenced by mbira-based guitar styles, popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of jitterbug, a form of swing dance, popular music style fom Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms, where the instruments are more Western in origin, dancd style begun in Zaire in the late 1980s, popularized by Kanda Bongo Man. The bands that were playing in Havana had meanwhile been steadily evolving into something quite distinctly Cuban, and less like salsa. Where and How Did it Start? A proliferation of music clubs, recording studios, and concert appearances of Cuban bands in Léopoldville spurred on the Cuban music trend during the late 1940s and 1950s. By the end of the decade, Fania Records' longtime leadership of salsa was weakened by the arrival of the labels TH-Rodven and RMM. 13-32), Gerard only address duple-pulse son clave. Pacheco put together a team that included percussionist Louie Ramirez, bassist Bobby Valentín and arranger Larry Harlow. It comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo, and bolero. Salsa music is a popular dance music genre that initially arose in New York City during the 1960s. The mambo and its "temple", the Palladium, were racially and ethnically integrated phenomena. Salsa comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachachá, mambo, and to a certain extent bolero. From New York, salsa quickly expanded to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and other Latin American countries. [43] It's not uncommon now to hear the Puerto Rican declamatory exclamation "le-lo-lai" in salsa. [115] More often than not, clave was not a major consideration in the composing or arranging of these hits. Piano guajeos are one of the most recognizable elements in salsa music. Popular dance music genre that initially arose in New York City during the 1960s. Vives' popularization of vallenato-salsa led to the accordion-led vallenato style being used by mainstream pop stars such as Gloria Estefan. It comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo and bolero. [83], A section of layered, contrapuntal horn guajeos is also referred to sometimes as a moña. It comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son He advocated a broader Latin American identity, while creating salsa that deliberately drew upon a variety of Latin American and Caribbean musics. Radio stations in the United States would get bomb threats (presumably from Cuban exiles) for playing Cuban records over the air. The slick, highly produced Fania sound was too predictably formulaic for some tastes. Many of these refugees were musicians, who were astonished to hear what sounded to them like Cuban music from the 1950s. The section can also use a combination of different horns. This is old music.' Salsa ensembles are typically based on one of two different Cuban instrument formats, either the horn-based son conjunto or the string-based charanga. The Gonzalez brothers, Jerry and Andy, played congas and bass respectively, in Libre. Were the pattern to be suddenly reversed, the rhythm would be destroyed as in a reversing of one magnet within a series ... the patterns are held in place according to both the internal relationships between the drums and their relationship with clave ... Should the [music] fall out of clave the internal momentum of the rhythm will be dissipated and perhaps even broken.[71]. Centro de Investigación de la Música Cubana 1997. Most salsa compositions follow the basic son montuno model of a verse section, followed by a coro-pregón (call-and-response) chorus section known as the montuno. Mauleón 1993, p. 215. Before salsa pianist Eddie Palmieri takes his first solo at a live concert, he will often stand up, and start clapping clave. Salsa it comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno,guaracha,chachacha,mambo and bolero The time had come for a new level of integration of jazz and Cuban rhythms. most pronounced in its rich and varied rhythmic patterns produced by drums and various percussion instruments. A newcomer to salsa, whether performer, dancer, listener, or consumer, must acquire some level of clave competence before engaging in these 'clave dialogues' in a deeper, more significant way.[66]. "[79] The following guajeo example is based on a clave motif. The contemporary meaning of salsa as a musical genre can be traced back to New York City Latin music promoter Izzy Sanabria:[21], In 1973, I hosted the television show Salsa which was the first reference to this particular music as salsa. The 1970s saw a number of musical innovations among salsa musicians. A chord progression can begin on either side of clave. Ironically, Cuban popular music during the 1970s incorporated North American jazz, rock, and funk in much more significant ways than did salsa. Hits by other groups included Johnny Colón's "Boogaloo Blues", Pete Rodríguez's "I Like It like That", and Hector Rivera's "At the Party". The first version of the module is over the dominant chord and contains the pitches A3 (the fifth) and C4 (the seventh). The contemporary Cuban bassist, composer and arranger Alain Pérez flatly states: "In Cuba we do not use that 2-3, 3-2 formula ... 2-3, 3-2 [is] not used in Cuba. Is a musical genre from Nigeria in Yoruba tribal style to wake up the worshippers after fasting during the 6. In 1979 Típica '73 travelled to Havana to record Típica '73 en Cuba, a collaboration between the band and Cuban musicians. [105], Along with the salsa-pop fusion of salsa romántica, the 1980s saw the combining elements of salsa with soul, R&B, and hip hop music. Sonny Bravo quote in "Secrets of Salsa Rhythm. "Structural Analysis or Cultural Analysis? "[76], Clave and guajeos are commonly written in two measures of cut time (22) in salsa charts. 8–9. As Sonny Bravo explains: "In salsa, the piano is more of a percussion instrument than a melodic one, especially in ensemble playing. Expressive and soulful sound. A wave of romantica singers, found wide audiences with a new style characterized by romantic lyrics, an emphasis on the melody over rhythm, and use of percussion breaks and chord changes. There is considerable controversy surrounding the term salsa and the idea that it is its own distinct genre. Oh no! [37], The salsa controversy is also closely tied to the decades-long estrangement between the governments of the United States and Cuba, and the United States embargo against Cuba. That is why some salsa musicians refer to piano guajeos as montunos. [9][10][11] The music eventually spread throughout Colombia and the rest of the Americas. A series of repeated octaves invoke a characteristic metric ambiguity. The term salsa was initially promoted and marketed in New York City during the 1970s. In the 1930s, Arsenio Rodríguez added a second, and then, third trumpet – the birth of the Latin horn section. Samba It is a lively and rhythmical dance and music with three steps to every bar, making the Samba feel like a timed dance. Bongos are not typically used in charanga bands. Clave resolves in the second measure when the last stroke coincides with the last main beat of the cycle. [44] Politically and socially activist composers have long been an important part of salsa, and some of their works, like Eddie Palmieri's "La libertad - lógico", became Latin, and especially Puerto Rican anthems. When you're backing a soloist, you play a riff over and over again. [42] Salsa lyrics also exhibit Puerto Rican influences. Whereas salsa occasionally superimposes elements of another genre, or incorporates a non-salsa style in the bridge of a song, Cuban popular music since the 1970s has fully integrated North American jazz and funk to the point of true hybrid. In salsa "one" can be on either side of clave, because the harmonic progression, rather than the rhythmic progression is the primary referent. Moore: "By the 1940s [there was] a trend toward the use of what Peñalosa calls the 'offbeat/onbeat motif.' [56] Salsa uses duple-pulse son clave almost exclusively. The second half of the trombone moña begins on the pulse (subdivision) immediately following the last note of the trumpet moña. When the rhythm and music are 'in clave,' a great natural 'swing' is produced, regardless of the tempo.
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