Raymond wrote:I guess montuno means uptempo part of the arrangement, in which timbalero and bongo player are playing bells and the conga player is playing the "tumbao" of more than one conga, and "marcha" is when the timbalero is playing "cascara" and bongo player is at the bongos, and the conga player is playing the basic one conga "tumbao". Am I right?
zaragemca wrote:Saludos,Ritmoboricua,Raymond,and JC are in the right track,the confusing part is related to the style of the percussionists,it is usully, the one conga tumbao(marcha),during the lead lyrics,and would switch to the montuno(using several congas), during the(pregoneo,or corus),there is a difference in the Mambo and Guaracha which are both more dynamics in tempo,so from the begining the percussion would start strong,breaking down only for the solos of the piano,flute, or violin(if any).The horns are considered loudsy instruments so sometime they do the solos with the strong percussion backing it up.I have to point out that in recording the band might not need to break it down becouse the sound engineer could manipulate the volumen of the track, for the piano to be heard during the solos.
montezuma wrote:Thank a lot for all your advices :;):
So the difference between montuno and marcha seems to be "intuitiv". RitmoBoricua - Could you tell me what is "moñas" ?
mangorockfish wrote:zaragemca wrote:Saludos,Ritmoboricua,Raymond,and JC are in the right track,the confusing part is related to the style of the percussionists,it is usully, the one conga tumbao(marcha),during the lead lyrics,and would switch to the montuno(using several congas), during the(pregoneo,or corus),there is a difference in the Mambo and Guaracha which are both more dynamics in tempo,so from the begining the percussion would start strong,breaking down only for the solos of the piano,flute, or violin(if any).The horns are considered loudsy instruments so sometime they do the solos with the strong percussion backing it up.I have to point out that in recording the band might not need to break it down becouse the sound engineer could manipulate the volumen of the track, for the piano to be heard during the solos.
Ok Zaragemca, help me out here. If you play a tumbao on one drum during a verse, it is a marcha, and if you play the same tumbao or a variation of it on more than one drum during the chorus and/or solo then it is a montuno? Is this correct in a broad sense? If this is true, it will open up a whole new world for me. Let's leave mambo and guaracha out for these questions. Thanks
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