Suggestions for any Latin music to listen to?
Hi! I have been learning Spanish and I recently started listening to Bachata. Most of the songs are slow and kinda mellow. The main theme is love, heartbreak etc. My favorite artists would have to be Aventura and Prince Royce. They sing Bachata but incorporate other styles as well and they are a bit mainstream. Some artists that I would recommend in addition to those listed above are: Enrique Iglesias Thalía Romeo Santos Celia Cruz Anthony Santos Juan Luis Guerra Shakira Juanes Alejandro Sanz Enjoy! :)
Salsa/latin song that has a hip hop beat about half way through?
ok so i know i'm going out on a limb here since its so vague but my dance company took a master salsa class and we learned a routine to this song and in the beginning its sounds like a slow salsa song but then half way through the beat picks up and it turns into like a hip hop song and the guys lkike rapping i guys you could say and then returns to the slow salsa at the end...there are words spoken in the song which is sung by a guy if that helps any...if any one can help me out that would be great!!
How can I count the beats in salsa music?
I'll only answer in respect to Salsa, not other music. The Salsa dance is built on a two-bar pattern (this is why you count until 8). Even Salsa instructors have difficulties locating the "1" on an unfamiliar song. It's obvious where a bar begins, but it's hard to tell whether it's the "1-2-3-4" bar or the "5-6-7-8" bar. I could write a very complicated article mentioning 3-2 or 2-3 clave, cascara, tumbau etc. However in this case this complexity is irrelevant. There is no way to find the"1" by listening to the clave, because you don't know which clave the song has (3-2 or 2-3). The answer: Simply listen to the song- to the melody and to the chords and there's only one way to enjoy and follow the song. The second option of "understanding" will not make sense.
Salsa music does have a 4/4 time signature, but counting in groups of 8 accomplishes two important purposes from a dancer's perspective:1) It denotes when the feet are to move during the basic step. A full basic step is accomplished over two measures of music, or 8 beats. The leader steps forward on the left foot for 1, shifts weight back to right foot on 2, and steps back with left to close feet on 3, then pauses both feet on 4. Then repeats that cycle with the right foot rocking back and then forward to close for 5, 6, and 7 (pause 8). When we count this way, we are indicating verbally when the feet should go, and training the brain to think in terms of completing the full basic step (much more important to be aware of than what the musicians are doing).2) Although salsa music is written in 4-beat measures, it is phrased over multiples of 8 beats. Just listen to any salsa song and count out groupings of 8 beats, and you will see that the standard practice is to repeat 2 groupings of 8 beats twice before introducing a new theme/new instrumentation. This simple repetition provides ample opportunity for dancers to listen during the first 16 beats, and then express musicality during the second 16 beats (with a knowledge of what is to come). The song "La-La-La" by Direct Latin Influence is a textbook case. Count up to 16 and notice how the next 16 beats are just a repeat of the first 16. Instruments change, and it happens all over again.This is what makes salsa dancing both a very fun hobby, and a great challenge! Advanced salsa dancers are not just adept at isolating movements within their bodies; they are also keen listeners and are always looking for fun musical themes to "play with" and interpret through movement. The feeling of "hitting a break" (i.e. producing a dramatic movement perfectly aligned with a musical climax) provides an adrenaline rush to the point of being addictive, and is part of what dancers refer to as a "dance high." The predictable repetition of salsa music makes this possible.
I salsa dance and I do not like salsa music I need help finding some really good salsa music!?
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Sounds like you are already taking lessons, probably in a group setting, and this is a great way to start. I would also start pairing your group lessons with private lessons. Generally group lessons can move a little quick, and you miss a lot of the core information to make your dancing and lead the best it can be, so getting the 1 on 1 attention early can really help. (TIP: Try finding a follow from one of your group classes and see if they want to split the private lessons with you, this makes them a lot more affordable for both of you).Next step (as your instructor will tell you), is to practice. Practice dancing with a wide range of follows in your group class and out on the social dance floor, but also ask your private lesson partner if they would like to practice as well. With your private lesson partner you can work on what you learned in the lesson and give honest feedback to each other. It is difficult as a lead to know what your lead feels like to your follows, and this is one of the hardest part of any dance. As an instructor I would always lead the leads I was teaching so they could feel the difference between their lead and what I was looking for, but in the absence of that, having a partner that will tell you "no, that doesn't feel right/good" helps a lot!
Are mambo and salsa the same type of music? If not, what is there difference? Cuz 2 me they seem the same.?
Tito Puente, who should have known something about it, said "salsa is what you eat." It began as a Fania Records marketing tool and generally described their mambo records along with a few others. Dancers especially on the west coast found it too difficult to break on two, and a lot of the music is dumbed down to fit that style, but you're right. There isn't a dime's difference.
I am not there yet, still getting around a couple of really tricky partner turns, but I think can answer this question because we had an entire session dedicated to it. And musically I’m pretty much well versed.Let’s see what ‘bars’ are. Any music form has bars. A bar, is basically a time slice, in which a particular pattern of instruments repeat. The bar length in a song is constant throughout, with some exceptions. Meaning, a certain number of beats will be played in exactly that much time and then the whole thing repeats. Popular forms of music has 4 or 8 beats per bar commonly. If you pay attention, you’ll see yourself tapping to a song, constantly, subconsciously and at fixed intervals, you’ll give a jerk or a harder tap. These intervals mark the end of one bar and the start of another. Musically they are often denoted by ‘percussion’ instruments like cymbals or a specific loud beat. The notation for a bar is quarter note or 8th note. The time taken for one bar to complete decides the speed or the ‘tempo’ of the song.Now in Salsa there are 6 beats commonly. We count them as 1–2–3, 5–6–7 or the Salsa beats. The third or seventh is slow, hence it can be counted as quick-quick-slow, quick-quick-slow. The last beat is usually a combination of 2 beats, meaning, you have to be slow there. Exceptions are some shines where you tap fast for all fours or 1–2–3–4, 5–6–7–8 or quick-quick-quick-quick, quick-quick-quick-quick.So the point is, think of a Salsa song as any other song that you listen to and tap to. Find out the points where a pattern in the song starts to repeat itself, and fit your dance steps between the beginning of one pattern and the beginning of the other. It needs some practice, but a couple of songs and you’ll find yourself automatically, subconsciously tapping to the intervals where you would start a step. You can also do the core beats, that is 1–3–5–7, by modifying your speed according to the tempo of the song and the bar length. Identify the instruments that denote the bar beginnings. It could be anything, a piano note, a cymbal hit, bass line repeat or chord change. Spotting the ‘clave’ can also help but not all songs have it.Apply this to your partner work, and wallah, you have a duet.