The middle drum part in the
Conga Style (Conga, Rebajador, Salidor).
reja
This rudimentary percussion
is made of a salvaged metal piece (often from
agricultural origin), held in the left hand ; a long
nail, held in the right hand, is used as striker. The
reja is especially used at the in street carnivals.
requinto
The lead drum in the Bomba style.
ritmo nuevo
The distinguished danzón, with its flute and its violins,
seriously had already been shaken. But Antonio Arcaño,
at the head of its Maravillas, sit in 1939 the danzón on
a powder barrel.
His orchestra, joining together an army of the best Cuban
musicians, created the title Mambo (composed by
the violoncellist Orestes López), which is not yet mambo
style, but which announces its arrival and lights the
wick of it. This new rhythm, precisely baptized ritmo
nuevo, injects into the danzón, on melodies of quality,
symphonic elements boosted with a good dose of
vitaminized jazz full of swing, which makes fury in the
USA at this time.
It is also in the powerful syncope of the old son - still it - that the ritmo nuevo
plant its roots : the accompaniment of Mambo, or
some danzónes in the same style ritmo nuevo composed by
Israel " Cachao " López and Coralia, Antonio
Sánchez, Félix Reina, Enrique Jorrín - most of them
are in the Antonio Arcaño's Maravillas - aligns rhythmic
figures well-known by the tres players of son. The violins are played pizzicato,
the double bass syncopes in " tumbao ", while
the percussions, reinforced with a powerful conga - new recruit in danzón
orchestras, underline strong beats, and the piano
accentuates the syncope. With that are added the
dishevelled improvisations of the flute.
The road is now opened, and the mambo will soon arrive on stage.
rumba
Three forms: Guaguancó, Yambú, and Columbia.
An Afro-Cuban musical form comprised of drumming,
call-and-response vocals and dancing.
rumba flamenca
A style of Rumba from southern Spain which greatly
influenced the development of the Cuban Rumba styles.
rumbero
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