The Cuban Seeds and the Birth of Salsa

The Cuban Seeds and the Birth of Salsa

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  • Course Trailer
  • Introduction to the course
  • Table of Contents With Timestamps2

1 | The Pillars Behind Cuban Music

  • The African Roots in Cuban Music1
  • Afro-Cuban Music
  • European Roots
  • Follow-up learning material (~20 min)1

2 | The Rumba Complex

  • Orientation to Rumba1
  • Guaguancó - "Vacúnala!"
  • Yambú - "Que lindo el yambú"
  • Columbia - "The Dance Battle"
  • Follow-up learning material (~30 min)

3 | Son - "For the soul to rejoice"

  • Origins of "The Mother of Salsa"
  • Connections between dance & music
  • Follow-up learning material (~30 min)

4 | Salsa - Umbrellas, Sauces and "A Way of Making Music"?

  • The Cuban Seeds and the Birth of Salsa
  • Salsa as a "Way of making music"
  • Follow-up learning material (~30 min)

5 | Timba & Cuban popular dance music - "Somos cubanos!"

  • Cuba After the Revolution & Songo
  • Follow-up learning material 1 (~20 min)
  • The Birth of Timba
  • Follow-up learning material 2 (~30-40 min)
  • Here & now: MPBC in 2000s
  • Follow-up learning material 3 (~30 min)

6 | The Three Levels of Musicality

  • Foundations 1: How to follow and predict changes in all music?
  • Follow-up learning material 1 (~30 min)
  • Foundations 2: Phrasing in Cuban popular dance music
  • Follow-up learning material 2 (~20 min)
  • Level 1 - Connecting with the dynamics in music2
  • Level 1 - Follow-up learning material (~25 min)
  • Level 2 - Utilizing Gears & Playing With Genres
  • Level 2 - Follow-up learning material (~35 min)
  • Level 3 / Part 1 - Bloques, Hits & Accents
  • Level 3 / Part 1 - Follow-up learning material (~40 min)
  • Level 3 / Part 2 - That Special Groove!
  • Level 3 / Part 2 - Follow-up learning material (~35 min)
  • End of Course