Chords for Six great Tumbaos to add to your repertoire!

_ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [N] _ _ Hi, _ _ developing and playing a piano tumbao is a creative thing, or should be at least,
but there are still some popular tumbaus you should know and have in your repertoire. _ _
Tumbao number one, you see it on the screen on the left side, and as always, can download
it in the download section as PDF and print it out.
_ It's a very popular tumbao, there's over the chords C minor, F major, D half diminished
and G7, B9.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ I'll add the music in tempo _ _ 140 BPM, _ _ [Gb] and we'll look how this sounds in real [E] life.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Db] _ [D] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Db] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [N] _ _ And _ also in _ 180 BPM.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
Alright, now tumbao number two is in F major, and as you can see, the one and the three
are not played, so this works in 2-3 clave as [A] well as in 3 [G]-2.
_ [F] _
_ Now, _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _
let's add the music, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ and _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ also in _ 180 BPM.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
_ [N] _ _ _ Alright, now next one.
Tumbao number three is in C major, _ _ and _ yeah, well, [C] you see it on the screen, I play it slowly. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Let's try it with the backing music, _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ and also in 180 BPM. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ Alright, _ next tumbao _ is only in C, _ _ Csus9 and _ C9 chord.
It works very good in slow _ _ tempos, _ [C] _ and _ _ it goes like this. _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
I'll add the music.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ And [G] again, faster [C] in tempo _ 180. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ Also [G] sounds great if you play the right hand one octave higher.
_ _ [C] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gb] Okay, on to the next.
_ Tumbao number five _ is a kind of a cliché tumbao, which I like to call it because I
seldom found it in real salsa music I played, but many pianists, if asked to play a tumbao,
will do something like that.
So it's not bad, but in real [B] life it seldom happened to me to play such a tumbao.
It is in C minor, [D] and the melody [B] _ [Am] _
[Cm] is going downwards chromatically.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Ab] Let's play it with the backing music.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ And also a bit faster, tempo _ _ 180.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ Okay. _ _
Now the last [Gb] tumbao, one I like _ _ particularly, _ because [G] it is _ _ _ other than the others. _ _
_ _ [N] It has no upper melody, it's only _ chords, tone, structure.
Well I just played.
[Cm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Fm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Fm] _ _ [N] This is especially great during a solo part of the conga player or trumpeter or anyone
from the band.
So let's play it with the backing track in tempo _ 140.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ And in tempo _ 180. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ Alright, these six tumbaos are available as PDF for you in the download section, as well
as the backing tracks in various tempos, as I've already said.
[Gb] You also should take the tumbaos you like the most and play them in different keys,
or adjust them to other chord progressions.
So have