101 MONTUNOS
BY REBECA MAULEÓN-SANTANA

DESCRIPTION:
-REBECA MAULEÓN-SANTANA, AUTHOR OF THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED SALSA GUIDEBOOK FOR PIANO AND ENSEMBLE AND CO-EDITOR OF THE LATIN REAL BOOK, CREATES THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE FOR THE ASPIRING AS WELL AS THE SEASONED AFRO-CARIBBEAN PIANIST WITH HER NEWEST BOOK, 101 MONTUNOS.

-TRACING OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT, MAULEÓN EXPLORES THE RANGE AND VARIETY OF THE PIANO`S ROLE IN POPULAR AFRO-CARIBBEAN MUSIC, FROM ITS EARLY BEGINNINGS TO THE LATEST IN CONTEMPORARY STYLES. 101 MONTUNOS IS A JOURNEY THROUGH DOZENS OF STYLES WHICH FORM THE BASIS OF MODERN-DAY SALSA AND LATIN JAZZ, FROM THE CUBAN DANZÓN AND SONGO TO THE PUERTO RICAN BOMBA AND DOMINICAN MERENGUE.

-THIS GUIDE GIVES DETAILED EXAMPLES OF THE MOST POPULAR RHYTHMS IN AFRO-CARIBBEAN MUSIC, AND INCLUDES RECORDED PERFORMANCES ON CDS BY THE AUTHOR HERSELF. WITH A BILINGUAL (ENGLISH/SPANISH) TEXT, 101 MONTUNOS GIVES THE READER A GLIMPSE INTO THE INTRICATE AND SYNCOPATED WORLD OF LATIN PIANO PLAYING, FEATURING WELL OVER ONE HUNDRED MONTUNO PATTERNS AND VARIATIONS — MOST INCLUDING BASS LINES — AS WELL AS SEVERAL SOLO FRAGMENTS BY SOME OF THE MOST RENOWNED PIANISTS IN THE FIELD.

-THIS BOOK AND TWO CD DOWNLOAD PACKAGE IS A MUST FOR ANY PIANIST OR KEYBOARDIST WISHING TO EXPLORE THE DETAILED HISTORY AND TECHNIQUE OF THIS MARVELOUS ART FORM.