1. Section of an arrangement featuring the Córo/ Pregón of the lead vocalist and chorus as well as instrumental solos. 2. Term used to describe the repeated syncopated vamp played by the piano.
The final section of a son composition, characterized by a cyclic formal structure, prominent improvisation, and call-and-response interaction between a chorus and a vocal or instrumental soloist.
Call and response section of the salsa.
Strictly speaking not a rhythm itself but a phase in the playing of music. In this part of the song, the melodic instruments are less prominent and the percussion takes on a more driving pulse.
Part of a musical piece in which musicians improvise freely.
The name given to the pattern played by the pianist, and also the name of the open 'call and response section' of an arrangement.
a section of music, originating from Cuba and a precursor to salsa. It features a call and response between the lead singer and chorus; the piano often has a repeated "vamp" or musical line
a repeated syncopated vamp usually played by the piano in salsa music
a term of Latin music which crops up in other jazz. (1) An indefinitely repeated pattern of 1, 2 or 4 bars in the piano, typically with ingeniously syncopated moving inner voices and a differently syncopated bass line. (2) Incorrectly, a pyramiding vamp in which one instrument enters alone, then another is added, and so on at regular intervals.
The repeated, syncopated vamp secton played by the piano in an ensemble.
The open vamp section of a song, which features the coro / pregón (call-and-response singing) and instrumental solos.
Section A vehicle for improvisation in Cuban and salsa numbers, based on a two or three-chord pattern repeated ad-lib under the instrumental or vocal improvisations. The piano often maintains a repeated vamp of guajeos, a process known as montuneando.
Montuno has two meanings in Salsa music. Firstly, it refers to the repeated part of the song, like a chorus/refrain in popular music. Here the choro (chorus/choir) and pregon (soloist) sing in a call and response style.