This video contains a clip from part 1 of the Music & Rhythm section of the upcoming Casino Level 1 Digital Course covering: • introduction to basic rhythmic structure • clave as an instrument and rhythmic pattern • different feels of 3-2 vs 2-3 son clave • bars/measures and phrases • the 8 count • where the steps fall in the count • how to find the beat with clave To get early access as the course is being built, go here: www.messinadance.com/casino-1-full-digital-course The first people to use promo code FIRST50 get it for just $49
WOW! All I can say is I'm BLOWN AWAY! This video is the only video that has ever taught me how to dance Salsa! For the analytical such as myself, this will color in all the gray areas! Thanks for sharing this!!!
I really like your presentation of very valuable information. Your editing is very nice and really supports the delivery of the information. I'm not sure if I trained myself out of hearing music when I first started dancing in order to be in time with my partner rather than the music but there are definitely pieces of music that I have a very hard time listening to and sometimes I find that I am not even noticing the music.
Brilliant video and essential viewing but there is another level of complexity that must be understood so as to determine whether clave is 2-3, or 3-2, and dance within that timing. The montuno which is generated by the keys, and sometimes guitar has two different structures depending upon the clave style. This can be complex to explain, and maybe boring to most but the simplest way to use the montuno to determine clave is whether the first beat of the 8 beat montuno phrase falls on the one, or has been syncopated from the previous phrase and is on the 8 1/2. Pre empting the one. Correspondingly the 5 beat, if the first beat has been struck directly on the one, then the 5th beat begins at 4 1/2 which pre empts the beat with that syncopation. Understanding the Montuno, the clave, the congas is the secret to finding the 'one' and if you dance Contriatempo, the two or six. Also, another element ignored is that the music is built, engineered on phrases of 8 beats and so are dance patterns. That is why it is so important to get both music and dance patterns into alignment or else it becomes a dog's breakfast and not much fun. Steven, thanks for being brave and covering this subject as I have plenty of blowback when I try and simply explain this to my salsa students. 6 years of being the keyboard player (Mr Montuno) in a Cuban dance band turned the rhythm lights on for me.
Thanks for this awesome explanation. No one could but it better! I always have struggled to find the one in the music, so I used to just smooth my steps with the rhythm. In my salsa journey I find people dance on different counts like on 1, 2 or 3 and others even on different counts. What is your in put on that? For me I find Cuban music is more creative and complicated than any other music around the world. So I would rather dance the story of the song than just the beat.
Conga could differ where it comes from depends on who you ask. But The word conga came from the rhythm la conga which is used to play from this instrument. So I believe the name came after the instrument.
I appreicate it, thanks for watching 🙏 There's a lot of tools that I find more immediately useful than clave for sure, but like I say, if you don't start with clave, people will attack 🤣
You're welcome to check out the course. This month, it includes a virtual private class you can book any time... we can drill our a** off 🤣 It's at messinadance.com/casino code: UA-cam
This video contains a clip from part 1 of the Music & Rhythm section of the upcoming Casino Level 1 Digital Course covering:
• introduction to basic rhythmic structure
• clave as an instrument and rhythmic pattern
• different feels of 3-2 vs 2-3 son clave
• bars/measures and phrases
• the 8 count
• where the steps fall in the count
• how to find the beat with clave
To get early access as the course is being built, go here:
www.messinadance.com/casino-1-full-digital-course
The first people to use promo code FIRST50 get it for just $49
WOW! All I can say is I'm BLOWN AWAY! This video is the only video that has ever taught me how to dance Salsa! For the analytical such as myself, this will color in all the gray areas! Thanks for sharing this!!!
Thanks for watching 🙏
I appreciate you taking the time to share your kind words with me 🙌
You are right. This is "the video you need about clave" as salsero or salsera. Thanks hombre
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I really like your presentation of very valuable information. Your editing is very nice and really supports the delivery of the information.
I'm not sure if I trained myself out of hearing music when I first started dancing in order to be in time with my partner rather than the music but there are definitely pieces of music that I have a very hard time listening to and sometimes I find that I am not even noticing the music.
Brilliant video and essential viewing but there is another level of complexity that must be understood so as to determine whether clave is 2-3, or 3-2, and dance within that timing. The montuno which is generated by the keys, and sometimes guitar has two different structures depending upon the clave style. This can be complex to explain, and maybe boring to most but the simplest way to use the montuno to determine clave is whether the first beat of the 8 beat montuno phrase falls on the one, or has been syncopated from the previous phrase and is on the 8 1/2. Pre empting the one. Correspondingly the 5 beat, if the first beat has been struck directly on the one, then the 5th beat begins at 4 1/2 which pre empts the beat with that syncopation. Understanding the Montuno, the clave, the congas is the secret to finding the 'one' and if you dance Contriatempo, the two or six. Also, another element ignored is that the music is built, engineered on phrases of 8 beats and so are dance patterns. That is why it is so important to get both music and dance patterns into alignment or else it becomes a dog's breakfast and not much fun. Steven, thanks for being brave and covering this subject as I have plenty of blowback when I try and simply explain this to my salsa students. 6 years of being the keyboard player (Mr Montuno) in a Cuban dance band turned the rhythm lights on for me.
Sharp and informative as aways 👏. Thank You Steven 🙏
Thanks for watching 🙏
Thank you!!
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This is a very professional making video, keep the work up!
Thanks for watching 🙏
Thank u 🥰
My pleasure 🙏
Really well done video. Hats off, this is a great explanation
Thanks very much 🙏
Thank you! I finally understand it now!!!!
Nice vid!
🙏 thanks for saying!
Thanks for this awesome explanation. No one could but it better! I always have struggled to find the one in the music, so I used to just smooth my steps with the rhythm.
In my salsa journey I find people dance on different counts like on 1, 2 or 3 and others even on different counts. What is your in put on that?
For me I find Cuban music is more creative and complicated than any other music around the world. So I would rather dance the story of the song than just the beat.
I really appreciate that and am glad it helped. Thanks for watching 🙏
Conga could differ where it comes from depends on who you ask. But The word conga came from the rhythm la conga which is used to play from this instrument. So I believe the name came after the instrument.
Thank you!!!! Can you do a video con the clave of Rumba Guaguancó?
There's a guaguanco video on the channel that goes thru the instrumentation 🙌
Great video!
I think in today cuban music the clave is most of the time unnoticeable though so most of the time I focus on the Conga and the cowbell
I appreicate it, thanks for watching 🙏
There's a lot of tools that I find more immediately useful than clave for sure, but like I say, if you don't start with clave, people will attack 🤣
@@MessinaDance For example?
Just what I needed, thx man.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching 🙏
Today I learned clave rhythm, but more importantly... I learned this man loves his little baby boy, as he should. Thanks for the video man!
GOAT comment 🙌
Thank you, my friend 🙏
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Sweet breakdown!
Very well explained 👏
Thanks for watching 🙏
thanks so much for all your work. Can you tell me which rhythm app you recommend again? I can't find the video. thanks
I use salsa rhythm and percussion tutor
Will the training have practice sessions e.g. drills
You're welcome to check out the course. This month, it includes a virtual private class you can book any time... we can drill our a** off 🤣
It's at messinadance.com/casino
code: UA-cam
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