This week's featured lesson is "Corazon Espinado" by Santana / Mana from Santana's Supernatural album. "Corazon Espinado" Piano Lesson In this lesson we take a detour from classic rock and blues to explore latin rock. In this lesson you will learn about the Montuno. Montuno is the syncopated piano pattern that accompanies the vocals; a key element of many latin genres. Montuno’s transform the piano into a percussive instrument while reinforcing the harmonic structure of the song. We introduce both harmonic (chord based) and melodic ( arpeggio based) montunos along with Tumbao; the highly syncopated bass line rhythm pattern that holds down the song’s groove. The syncopation in latin genres can be even more complex than New Orleans' style second-line rhythms. In this song, the …
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