Chords for How to play a Salsa montuno (tumbao) on the piano - tutorial #1

Hello everyone, my name is Vanessa Rodriguez and today I'm going to show you how to play _
Salsa Montuno or Timbao as it's sometimes known _ on the piano
So the first most important thing before we even touch the piano _ is to talk about the rhythm
_ everything in the salsa band has to go with the clave which _
_ Looks like this
one two three four _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ That's the three two clave now
They can also go the other way and the two three clave starts with the two side one two three four
_ _ so _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ today we're only going to talk about two three clave _ _ and
The basic piano rhythm that goes with the two three clave _ _
Goes like this
_ one two three four _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ So _ I'm going to play a very traditional simple _ _
salsa Montuno
_ _ with that rhythm
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ you
Now I'm going to play that exact same idea, but in a minor key
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ [A] [Cm] Keep your rhythm [A] _
[Cm] exactly the [A] same
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ [A] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [A] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [A] _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ [A] _
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Am] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [A] [C] you _ _ _
_ [N] There are endless possibilities of
_ Timbao and Montuno with that without changing that rhythm at all _
Take this one one
_ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Db] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] _
[Cm] _ [Db] _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Db] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] you
_ [F] _ _
[Gb] _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Db] _ [C] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ you
Hear something that kind of sounds like a Timbao, but it's not quite right and you can't really
put your finger on why that is and it's
Usually _ almost always because there's something a little bit wrong with the rhythm
So here's an example of the Montuno played with the wrong rhythm
And then I'll play with the correct rhythm after and you'll see the difference so here's the wrong way _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Eb] [Cm] Right _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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_ the right way would be like this
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] Always
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Now _ _ _ _ _ _ _ there _ are of course
_ Many things you can do building on that rhythm, but that's the basic _
That's the basic rhythm of the Timbao
And if you stick to that and add things and take things away as long as that basic rhythm is there
The Montuno is going to sound awesome, and it's going to groove and you're not going to get yelled at by the Cuban guys _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] You
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _
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[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [N] _ _ _