Chords for Salsa Bass Lines with Flavio Lira

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_ _ _ Hey there, this is Flavio Lira.
I'm here in the lesson face headquarters in New York City
I'm gonna show you today some tumbao
some Latin bass lines and variations
_ _ For for these lines I picked the progression of a very famous song and I think you'll recognize it right as I start playing
One important thing for tumbao for bass lines in Latin music is the clave
Everybody talks about it because it's important for these lines.
They're all in two three clave, which is _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And _ that is in the PDF in the description below let me play a little bit of the clave with the percussion for you to have _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ [N] _ _ _
All right
_ _ So even though we're not gonna play that on the bass directly
We have to be feeling that
To have that sound and playing off of that the clave every musician playing Latin music
We always be having that sound that clave right in their ears
So the first line I have it for the song is a basic salsa
70s salsa Puerto Rican style
Where you have one and of two and four on every measure you don't have any syncopations yet.
It goes like this
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
One two three [C#m] four _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ This is very traditional very basic
But it's very important for these Latin rhythms for you to learn the basics before moving over to more complicated stuff
For the second bass line, we're putting on some syncopations
We're anticipating the the next chord on beat four of every measure
Check it out _ [C] _ _
one two three [G#] four _ _ _
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[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] We're gonna start four [G#] two three four one two three four [B] one two three four [F#] one two [C#] three four
_ cool _
_ So these are the basic lines where you have all the downbeats one and of two four and one again
And then with the syncopated four one and of two
Four tied to the one of the next measure you can check it out all these examples in the PDF in the description _
Now I'm gonna add a third variation
Just a little bit more syncopated.
No big deal.
Check it out _ _ _ _
_ _ _ one two, one two, three four
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [N] You
_ Cool you see we have the end of four in the third measure
Tying into the fourth measure
That's something very typical on the three side of the clave
And now finally we have a line that's more on the songo and timba style
Which starts to blend the Cuban the Caribbean music the salsa
With some more funky lines and it goes like this _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [C#] There _ _ _ _ _ _ you go now you have four variations to practice salsa tumbaos
If you want to go further and learn even more you can book a lesson with me at lesson face
Link in the description below.
Thank you
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