Mi musica - Havana 'd Primera

  • 00:00 Cuerpo (Intro and Verses 0:00–1:59)
  • 00:20 Cuerpo - Verse 1 [0:20–0:55]
  • 00:55 Cuerpo - Verse 2 [0:55–1:40]
  • 01:40 Cuerpo - Bridge/Transitie [1:40–1:59]
  • 01:59 Montuno (Coros, Pregones en Gear Changes 1–4, 1:59–5:10)
  • 01:59 Montuno - Gear Change 1 (Presión) [1:59–2:10]
  • 02:10 Montuno - Coro/Pregón 1
  • 02:58 Gear Change 2 (Presión) [2:58–3:11]
  • 03:40 Gear Change 3 (Presión) [3:40–4:02]
  • 04:02 Coro/Pregón 2 [4:02–4:30]
  • 04:30 Gear Change 4 (Presión) [4:30–4:52]
  • 04:52 Coro/Pregón 3 (Finale montuno)[4:52–5:10]
  • 05:10 Finale en Outro (5:10–5:47)
  • 05:10 Gear Change 5 (Presión)[5:10–5:33]
  • 05:33 Outro [5:33–5:47]

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  • 1:58 presión (Kevin said that if the conguero does a simple no-tone pattern it's still presión not masacote)
  • 2:58 presión with efectos
  • 3:39 - big presión with efectos for 4 claves
  • 3:50 - congas come in at the 5th clave so now it's masacote
  • 4:30 - masacote ends with cool bloque
  • 5:10 - masacote that increases in intensity with each clave until it has heavy congas by the end

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Here's Osbanis dancing to Mi música.

He does a lot of rumba stuff but also some despelote. What is also interesting here is to see how he marks the efectos as well. That is something you get a lot more of in Cuban music than in regular salsa and it is really cool when people do something about it and don't just ignore it.

bassist and timba expert Ian Stewart playing Mi musica

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From 2:00 to around 3:40, the band plays a repeating montuno groove: the bass performs a tumbao pattern, while the band stays in the traditional “marcha”.

Around 3:40 and onward, Stewart introduces the first gear cycle: the bass shifts from tumbao to a syncopated pattern. The band follows along – this adds energy and variation: classic timba.

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