Download or read book Puerto Rican Cuatro Method written by Samuel Ramos and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the musical at heart, the Puerto Rican Cuatro Method Vol. 1 book is a boon! From the moment you leaf through it, you're hooked. This beautifully written book is authored by noted guitarist and Cuatro player, Samuel Ramos and has been edited by Luis Torres. The Metodo de Cuatro Puertorriqueno is a bilingual book in its entirety. Each page has been transcribed in two languages – English and Spanish. A befitting testament to the beautiful heritage of Puerto Rico!If you are a novice and are eager to learn from the best, don't fret for lack of opportunity! This book is prolific in its explanations and instructions, keeping it simple from start to finish. The book covers everything from theory, scales and chords to danzas and classical music.The book is perfect for basic beginners. It starts where you would want to – parts of a Cuatro and posture while playing a Cuatro. These seemingly simple steps are the foundation to being one of the best!The book has been written in the notation and tablature formats. Each song bears the chords that are to be used. All time favorites find themselves in the pages -from Jingle Bells and Twinkle, Twinkle to The Star Spangled Banner. The forte of this book is its stress on the step-by-step instruction guide that helps you along in a proactive manner. That way, you don't skip the really important matters!Features: Step-by-step learning Complete guide that starts from the beginning Bilingual – English and Spanish Authored and edited by noted Cuatro Musicians Simple and easy to followFor a fun filled journey to learn the Cuatro, and through it the beautiful Puerto Rican heritage, don't go further than this book! You have already found the Holy Grail of Cuatro Learning!
Download or read book SERRANO S Puerto Rican Cuatro Method Book Lesson Part 1 written by Jose Luis Serrano and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1- The complete book that teaches you all about the Puerto Rican Cuatro from the beginning to the end. (How to properly Hold the Instrument, Hand Positions, Cuatro parts, String setup, Tuning the Cuatro, Music Theory, and most important, how to Read Music and Play the Cuatro). 2-The book consist of many exercises and musical selections for a beginner student to an advance student. So beginners and advance students can be taken to another level. 3-This book was also written for Bass, (Serrano's 4 and 5 String Bass Method Book). Students can play as a duo or ensemble on the Cuatro and Bass.
Download or read book The Puerto Rican Cuatro Chord Bible written by Tobe A. Richards and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Puerto Rican Cuatro Chord Bible, with its 1,728 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths used by many jazz players. To accompany the 1,728 chords, a further 576 possible moveable chord configurations are included, together with a useful range of slash chords, reflecting the popularity of this type of chord in many of today's artist and compilation topline songbooks. This highly comprehensive guide provides the musician with no fewer than 68 different types of chord in all twelve keys, making it the definitive publication for the Puerto Rican cuatro. Whether you play folk, rock, pop, jazz or any other type of popular music, The Puerto Rican Cuatro Chord Bible makes the ideal reference source for all occasions. Standard Chords covered in The Puerto Rican Cuatro Chord Bible (using the key of C as an example): C, Cm, C7, Cm7, C5, C6, Cm6, Cmaj7, Cdim, Cdim7, C-5, C+, Csus2, Csus4, C7sus4, Cm7-5, Cadd9, Cmadd9, C6add9, Cm6add9, C7-5, C7+5, C7-9, C7+9, Cm(maj7), Cmaj7-5, Cmaj7+5, C9, Cm9, Cmaj9, C11, C13. Advanced Chords covered in The Puerto Rican Cuatro Chord Bible (using the key of C as an example): C4, Cadd11, Csus4add9, Cm-6, C7sus2, C7-5-9, C7-5+9, C7+5-9, C7+5+9, C7add11, C7add13, C7+11, Cm7-5-9, Cm7-9, Cm7add11, Cmaj7+11, C9sus4, C9-5, C9+5, C9+11, Cm9-5, Cm(maj9), Cmaj9-5, Cmaj9+5, Cmaj9+11, Cmaj9add6, C11-9, Cm11, Cmaj11, C13sus4, C13-5-9, C13-9, C13+9, C13+11, Cm13, Cmaj13. Major Slash Chords covered in The Puerto Rican Cuatro Chord Bible (using the key of C as an example): C/C, C/Db, C/D, C/Eb, C/E, C/F, C/F#, C/G, C/Ab, C/A, C/Bb, C/B. Beside the many pages of chord boxes or windows, the book features useful sections on tuning, chord construction, fingerboard layout, FAQs, alternative chord naming, fingering, slash chords, harmonic intervals, chord window blanks for transcribing your own favorite chord sequences etc. The aim of this guide is to provide the musician with the flexibility only really offered to guitar and keyboard players in the past. Now, with the help of The The Puerto Rican Cuatro Chord Bible, musicians will be able to pick up any songbook and instantly have access to even the most complex and advanced chords.
Download or read book SERRANO S Puerto Rican Cuatro Method Book Lesson Part 2 written by Jose Luis Serrano and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1- The Complete book that teaches you all about the Purto Rican Cuatro from the beginning to the end. (How to properly Hold the Instrument, Hand Positions, Cuatro parts, String setup, Tuning the Cuatro, Music Theory, and most important, how to Read Music and Play the Cuatro). 2-The book consist of many exercises and musical selections for a beginner student to an advance student. So beginners and advance students can be taken to another level. 3-This book was also written for the Bass, (Serrano's 4 and 5 String Bass Method Book). Students can play as a duo or ensemble on the Cuatro and Bass.
Download or read book Tres Guitar Method written by Nelson González and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renowned tresero (tres player) Nelson Gonzalez explains tuning and playing of the Cuban tres guitar, offering tips for beginning to advanced players. As the instrument's name implies, the tres has three courses of double or triple strings and is used both as a lead and an accompaniment instrument. the author thoughtfully includes instructions for converting a normal 6-string guitar to a tres guitar, offering suggestions for appropriate string gauges.This may be the first book of its kind published outside of Cuba. the method contains Latin folksongs arranged for the beginning tres player plus examples of repeated, often syncopated underlying vamps called montunos. the book also presents all principal chords and scale patterns plus notation fundamentals- all beautifully illustrated with clear photos, diagrams and explanations. Written in standard notation only.Nelson Gonzalez is singularly qualified to write this book. Known in Latin music circles as the "Ambassador of the Cuban Tres Guitar", he has toured or recorded with a virtual Who's Who of Latin stars not to mention his own band, Son Mudano. His tres mastery is featured on dozens of recordings with such artists as Tito Puente, Gloria Estefan, Andy Garcia, Paul Simon, and Marc Anthony to name only a few.
Download or read book Decoding Despacito written by Leila Cobo and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind the scenes look at the music that is currently the soundtrack of the globe, reported on and written by Leila Cobo, Billboard's VP of Latin Music and the world's ultimate authority on popular Latin music. Decoding "Despacito" tracks the stories behind the biggest Latin hits of the past fifty years. From the salsa born and bred in the streets of New York City, to Puerto Rican reggaetón and bilingual chart-toppers, this rich oral history is a veritable treasure trove of never-before heard anecdotes and insight from a who's who of Latin music artists, executives, observers, and players. Their stories, told in their own words, take you inside the hits, to the inner sanctum of the creative minds behind the tracks that have defined eras and become hallmarks of history. FEATURING THE STORIES BEHIND SONGS BY: José Feliciano • Los Tigres Del Norte • Julio Iglesias • Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine • Willie Colón • Juan Luis Guerra • Selena • Los Del Río • Carlos Vives • Elvis Crespo • Ricky Martin • Santana • Shakira • Daddy Yankee • Marc Anthony • Enrique Iglesias with Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona • Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee • J Balvin with Willy William • Rosalía
Download or read book Worker in the Cane written by Sidney Wilfred Mintz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1974 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worker in the Cane is both a profound social document and a moving spiritual testimony. Don Taso portrays his harsh childhood, his courtship and early marriage, his grim struggle to provide for his family. He tells of his radical political beliefs and union activity during the Depression and describes his hardships when he was blacklisted because of his outspoken convictions. Embittered by his continuing poverty and by a serious illness, he undergoes a dramatic cure and becomes converted to a Protestant revivalist sect. In the concluding chapters the author interprets Don Taso's experience in the light of the changing patterns of life in rural Puerto Rico. This is the absorbing story of Don Taso, a Puerto Rican sugar cane worker, and of his family and the village in which he lives. Told largely in his own words, it is a vivid account of the drastic changes taking place in Puerto Rico, as he sees them.
Download or read book Leyendas Puertorriquenas written by Publicaciones Puertorriquenas and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Puertorican Cuatro Method Book Part 1 written by Jose Serrano and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-21 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have broken down this method book into numerous parts and large notation, for easier reading and understanding. This is to allow the students to feel comfortable with the instrument. Students will be introduced to the various parts of the Puertorican Cuatro, taught how to hold the instrument properly and given theories concerning the music to be played. Of course, this method book will also take the student through the various notes, keys and scales required to make the Cuatro sing.
Download or read book SERRANO S Puerto Rican Method Book Recital Part 2 written by Jose Luis Serrano and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1- The complete book that teaches you all about the Puerto Rican Cuatro from the beginning to the end. (How to properly Hold the Instrument, Hand Positions, Cuatro Parts, String Setup, Tuning the Cuatro, Music Theory, and most important, how to Read Music and Play the Cuatro). 2- The book consist of many exercises and musical selections for a beginner student to an advance student. So beginners and advance students can be taken to another level. 3- This book was also written for the Bass, (Serrano's 4 and 5 String Bass Method Book). Students can play as a duo or ensemble on the Cuatro and Bass.
Download or read book Contemporary Latin JAzz Guitar written by Neff Irizarry, 2nd and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to playing Latin music on guitar
Download or read book The Great Woman Singer written by Licia Fiol-Matta and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Licia Fiol-Matta traces the careers of four iconic Puerto Rican singers—Myrta Silva, Ruth Fernández, Ernestina Reyes, and Lucecita Benítez—to explore how their voices and performance style transform the possibilities for comprehending the figure of the woman singer. Fiol-Matta shows how these musicians, despite seemingly intractable demands to represent gender norms, exercised their artistic and political agency by challenging expectations of how they should look, sound, and act. Fiol-Matta also breaks with conceptualizations of the female pop voice as spontaneous and intuitive, interrogating the notion of "the great woman singer" to deploy her concept of the "thinking voice"—an event of music, voice, and listening that rewrites dominant narratives. Anchored in the work of Lacan, Foucault, and others, Fiol-Matta's theorization of voice and gender in The Great Woman Singer makes accessible the singing voice's conceptual dimensions while revealing a dynamic archive of Puerto Rican and Latin American popular music.
Download or read book The Tres Cubano Chord Bible written by Tobe A. Richards and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tres Cubano Chord Bible, with its 1,536 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The layout is uncomplicated and follows a logical musical progression from standard major chords up to the more esoteric thirteenths used by many jazz players. This highly comprehensive guide provides the musician with no fewer than 35 different types of chord in all twelve keys, making it the definitive publication for the tres. Whether you play folk, rock, pop, jazz, Cuban Son or any other type of popular music, The Tres Cubano Chord Bible makes the ideal reference source for all occasions. The Chords covered in The Tres Cubano Chord Bible (using the key of C as an example): C, Cm, C7, Cm7, C6, Cm6, C5, Cmaj7, C+, Cdim, Cdim7, Csus4, C7sus4, Cadd9, Cmadd9, C9, C11, Csus2, Csus4, Csus4add9, C-5, C6add9, Cm6add9, Cm(maj7), Cm7-5, Cmaj7-5, Cmaj7+5, C7sus2, C7-5, C7+5, C7-9, C7+9, Cmaj7, C13. Beside the many pages of chord boxes or windows, the book features useful sections on tuning, chord construction, fingerboard layout, FAQs, alternative chord naming, fingering, slash chords, harmonic intervals, etc. This publication is also suitable for the Tres Puerto Rica. The aim of this guide is to provide the musician with the flexibility only really offered to guitar and keyboard players in the past. Now, with the help of The The Tres Cubano Chord Bible, musicians will be able to pick up any songbook and instantly have access to even the most complex and advanced chords.
Download or read book Cuatro for Kids written by Samuel Ramos and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduce your children to the beauty of the Cuatro with this easy-to -understand Cuatro for Kids. A book that's packed with loads of fun, it makes learning the Puerto Rican Cuatro an amazing experience. Authored by noted Cuatro player, Samuel Ramos, the book is a fine testament to his level of expertise and the delight he takes in the Cuatro is evident in its pages! Most master performers find their niche in life at a very tender age. Give your gifted child that chance to blossom into a great musician. (We must say though, every child is different and buying this book is not a guarantee of an instant creation of a master musician!). Loads of practice and dedication are important in the process and we provide the right source material to boost that process. This book is a worthy guide to introduce the gorgeous Cuatro, an important Puerto Rican legacy. With songs like 'Mary had a little lamb', 'Ode to Joy' and 'Jingle Bells', kids will find their favorites in this book, making learning even more enjoyable! The book also provides activity worksheets for the children to fill in so they can retain and revise what they have learnt the fun way. Written in the standard notation format, this book features a bigger font for notations, devised for easy reading by young musicians-in-the-making. (Yes, we've thought of everything!) Starting with basic music theory, the book teaches about music scales, first position notes and chords among other things in an easy-to-follow language. If your child is comfortable with Spanish, then look no further, for the entire book is written in two languages - English and Spanish. Being bilingual, the book allows a child to choose whatever language he/she is comfortable in, all the while giving your child lessons in a different language as well. So you have a double benefit hidden in the pages of the book. Features: Easy-to-follow instructions Bi-lingual -English and Spanish Bigger font size for notation facilitates easy reading Good source material for young learners Just right for tender, creative minds! A great gift for your nephew/niece on the next 'parranda', this set is a treasure trove of knowledge that will set a young, creative mind on the path of musical discoveries.
Download or read book Manhattan Tropics written by Guillermo Cotto-Thorner and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Walking underground" for the first time in his life, Juan Marcos Villalobos, a freshly arrived migrant to New York City, offers his seat to a woman standing on the subway. Though his English isn't up to her rude reply, he quickly realizes that good manners in Nueva York are quite different than in Puerto Rico! Juan Marcos is eager to continue his studies in the United States and rents a room from family friends living in El Barrio, or Spanish Harlem. Soon, he has a job wrapping packages at a department store that pays as much as he made teaching high school at home. As he interacts with the Puerto Rican community in New York, he witnesses the problems his compatriots encounter, including discrimination, inadequate housing, jobs and wages. Despite these problems, friendships and romances bloom and rivalries surface, leading to betrayal and even attempted murder! Originally published in 1951 as Tropico en Manhattan, it was the first novel to focus on the postwar influx of Puerto Ricans to New York. Cotto-Thorner's use of code-switching, or "Spanglish," reflects the characters' bicultural reality and makes the novel a forerunner of Nuyorican writing and contemporary Latino literature. This new bilingual edition contains a first-ever English translation by J. Bret Maney that artfully captures the style and spirit of the original Spanish. The novel's exploration of class, race and gender"¬‚¬"while demonstrating the community's resilience and cultural pride"¬‚¬"ensures its relevance today.
Download or read book Geology of the Middle Tertiary Formations of Puerto Rico written by Watson Hiner Monroe and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description of the stratigraphy and structure of formations of Oligocene and Miocene age near the northern and southern coasts of Puerto Rico.
Download or read book The Complete Puertorican Cuatro Method Book Part 2 written by Jose Serrano and published by . This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning the lower register on the Cuatro, chromatics, complex rhythms, and the complete understanding of timing and reading of music. It takes you to a high level of musicianship. Also, the ability to read music of many levels of difficulties, as well as opening a world of music to play. The Puertorican Cuatro Method Book was made for players of all generations and cultures to enjoy. The Puertorican Cuatro can be used for all types of music and styles. I'm sure you will enjoy the love for playing a Cuatro as much as I have after the completion of this method book. I have put more then 40 years of teaching experience into this book. I'm sure you can succeed.
