SHER MUSIC COMPANY - 2003
The True Cuban Bass
- Composers: Carlos Del Puerto, Silvio Vergara
- Publisher: Sher Music
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by Carlos Del Puerto and Silvio Vergara
The True Cuban Bass is a method on Afro-Cuban bass playing by Carlos Del Puerto, founding bassist of Irakere, with Silvio Vergara. It covers the rhythmic and stylistic roots of Cuban music, from foundational grooves to tumbao construction and the relationship between bass and percussion, for acoustic or electric bass.
Includes
- Bilingual text in English and Spanish
- Transcriptions of complete bass parts in a range of Cuban styles
- Studies of the core grooves underlying salsa
- Free audio download with historic Cuban recordings and Del Puerto demonstrating each exercise
- Spiral-bound, 63 pages