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Caribbean

Salsa and Cuban son on guitar: chords and rhythm.

Salsa comes from Cuban son: I – IV – V – IV (C, F, G, F) on a loop, the montuno. The guitar, like the tres, plays short chords that anticipate the beat, locked to the clave, the five-stroke figure that guides the whole band.

I – IV – V – IVLevel · Expert

The progression

Pick a key: the charts change right below. "Listen" plays the progression with its rhythm; a click on a chord plays it alone, the arrow opens its page.

Key

In C major · 96 BPM
  • C
    C major×321
  • F
    F major1342
  • G
    G major213

The rhythm

One bar of the strumming hand, beat by beat. While it plays, the stroke being played lights up.

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  • the high strings
  • the high strings, cut short

In the collection

3

Songs in this style, with their chords or the scale of their solos.

From the same world

Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and the French Antilles: simple chords played on the offbeat, over the clave or the tresillo.