Jazz for aficionados
#3- Danzonete- cha- There is very little info on this term. There is a small reference in this Danzon post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzón http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/danzonete I would assume the Cha-Cha-Cha would be involved. Maybe a Cuban music expert can help???? |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXXmHbH3BLo Willie Dixon said, The Blues is The Truth. No one is more truthful than the Wolfman. West Point, Mississippi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0MIQHymToA Cheers |
#5 "La Fiesta De La Rumba" Slow tempo "Guanguanco". Guaguanco is the most popular style of Cuban rumba. It developed among the different African ethnic groups, primarily from Central and West Africa, who were brought to Cuba as slaves. This recording starts with a 3-2 rumba clave rhythmic pattern played on the claves. This merits an explanation: clave is the name of an important percussion instrument used in Cuban music; two thick rosewood sticks struck together. Clave is also the name of the most important rhythmic pattern in Cuban music; usually (but not always) played on claves (the instrument). The importance of clave rhythm in Cuban music cannot be overemphasized. It is a type of repetitive rhythmic grid or framework around which all the other percussion instruments synchronize their individual parts. There are different Clave rhythms, but this one, the 3-2 rumba Clave is one of the most common. But, what is rumba Clave? Do this simple exercise and this common rhythm will be instantly identifiable to anyone familiar with Latin music. First do the exercise very very slowly by enunciating the beats and subdivisions, and then try doing the same thing by clapping your hands where there is an emphasis while enunciating the beats and subdivisions: Think four beats per measure of music: (1) (2) (3) (4). Now, imagine that each one of those beats is divided into four subdivisions: (1)one, two, three, four (2)one, two, three, four (3)one, two, three, four (4)one, two, three, four Now, do the same thing, but this time each of the four subdivisions of each beat may or may not be emphasized: (1) ONE, two, three, FOUR (2) one, two, three, FOUR (3) one, two, THREE, four (4) ONE, two, three, four Remember, the digit is the one of the four beats in the measure and the spelled number is each of the subdivisions in each beat. Listen to the clave (the instrument) in the song "La Fiesta De La Rumba" and focus on the rhythm that it plays; it is the very first thing that one hears on the clip. This (Clave rhythm) is the heart of Cuban music, around which everything else revolves. I made a comment in an earlier post that, in Cuban music, the dance is almost inextricable from the music. There could not be a better example of this than in Guaguanco. This is Guaguanco (the dance) along with the music. As with almost all ethnic musics (African) the dance tells a story. In this case it is suggestive and playful story of sexual conquest; or, more specifically it's attempt (the dude never gets the prize): https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=m-9JLuvoSPI |
