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Video of Changüi played in Cuba - Tres, Bongo and Bass

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Changüi Pattern and Ensemble

This video was taken in Cuba several years ago in my backyard, and it features a typical pattern on the tres. After that introduction a trio plays the ensemble parts. The ensemble consists of bongo, bass and of course the Cuban tres.

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Sobre La Nueva Trova

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Por Jose Antonio Rodriguez

© 1999 Jon Griffin

La nueva trova, fenomeno estetico nacido en la segunda mitad de la decada del 60 en la mayor de las islas del caribe, es la cantinuacion de movimientos trovadorezcos anteriores como la llamada Trova Tradicional y el Feeling. Para hablar de este ultimo moviento dentro de la cancion cubana, es preciso dar un pequeo paseo por la historia de ellos. La trova tradicional, llamada asi por ser el primer movimiento de este tipo desde la segunda mitad del siglo XIX es precedida por el feeling, movimiento intermedio y con no menos fuerza que el primero y que estuvo mas influenciado por melodias y armonias mucho mas atrevidas con una marcada influencia norteamericana. En este movimiento trovaderezco es mas usual un modo de hacer mas intimista y al mismo tiempo una preocupacion por la comunicacion estrecha con el publico.

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Rumba Complex - Guaguanco Havana & Matanzas

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By Jon Griffin

Description

Guaguancó is the most important of the rumba styles. Consequently it is also the favorite among both musicians and dancers. It is an improvisational style both in the dance and the music (on the quinto or high drum), but there is a basic underlying pattern that exists for them both. It is played at a moderate tempo and is always danced with a woman and a man. This is the style that you will most often see danced both in Cuba and abroad.

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Punto Guajiro - Peasant music from the west of Cuba

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Punto Guajiro

By Jon Griffin

Description

Punto Guajiro (also called Punto Cubano) is the country music from the Western and Central provinces of Cuba. This style began to become popular around the end of the 18th century, mainly as a social event. Remember that in the east there were changuis, in Havana and Matanzas there were rumba's. The punto is the same thing, a party in which the music played became a genre.

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Nengon - The first form of son in Cuba

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Nengon - The first form of son in Cuba

By Jon Griffin

Description

Nengon was the precursor to both Son and Changüi. It evolved into Son in Santiago de Cuba and Changüi (when it fused with Kiriba) in Guantanamo province.

Nengon was traditionally played with a Tingotalango or Tumbandera. Basically the Tingotalango is made from a tree which has a rope tied to it and pulled down. The other end is then tied to a rock in a hole functioning as a Contra-Bass. Of course, the Marimbula took over after it's invention and eventually the Bass was used.

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