Salsa
- Created by: Amy2102
- Created on: 04-04-16 14:25
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- Salsa
- Date and Place: 1960/70s New York
- Rhythm, Metre and Tempo
- 4/4 time
- Highly syncopated
- Clave ( most important rhythm) Repeated as 2 bar ostinato
- Rhythm is played by claves - two wooden sticks
- Performers: Celia Cruz and Eddie Palmier
- Dance Steps: Paired dance couples hold each other loosly and step forwards and backwards or sideways and back. spins and turns can be added
- Melody
- Major key and syncopated
- Doubled in parallel 3rds or 5ths
- Spanish lyrics
- Call and response
- Structure
- Verse - Chorus form
- Instrumental introduction
- Number of verses
- Chorus including improvisation and call and response
- Instrumentation
- Claves: Wooden sticks
- Cow Bells: metal bells hit with a stick
- Timbales: Pair of small single headed drums
- Congars: Pair of long single headed drums
- Guiro: A gourd that is scraped with a stick
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