MUS 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Steelpan, Music Of Cuba, Hand Percussion
7 May 2016
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Musically, umbrella term for several different styles. Cuba: most important bc many styles we find originated here. Puerto rico: most musicians are puerto rican"s. Nyc: most puerto ricans lived in nyc. Afro-cuban roots: 2 styles of salsa are rumba & son. Cuban music in the u. s. : emigration, cross-pollination via jazz musicians (drizzy gillespie, 1940-50= mambo craze. Nyc 60s-70s: large puerto rican & cuban pop: fania records: 1964, the term salsa was coined in this era in nyc. Instrumentation: vocals, horn section, piano, bass, percussion. Repertoire: they play salsa: salsa music is direct evolution of son, characteristics: Very similar to west african drumming & dancing. Rumba guaguanco: most common variety is male/female paired dance. Contributions to salsa music: drumming & rhythmic energy. Later got popular in city of havana. Instrumentation: plucked string (guitar, hand percussion, marimbula (bass instrument) Later replaced by string bass: trumpet added for melodic enhancement & soloing.
