I’ve got something you’re really going to enjoy…

And since we’re releasing Salsa Piano 101 on Wednesday, October 1, what better time to share it than now.

I’ve scoured the internet high and low looking for some of the best salsa entertainers in the world. In fact, we have 3 volumes of these collections but I just thought I’d share one of them today.

If you’re into Salsa, you’ll love having this convenient playlist all on one page for you. If not, you just may be converted after watching a few of these performances below.

Enjoy…

Hear and Play Salsa Presents - The Best of The Best Vol. 1

(Don’t forget to order your copy of Salsa Piano 101. Don’t miss out.)

Hear and Play Salsa Piano 101: Salsa Basics

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to play Salsa & Latin styles, look no further!

Salsa Piano 101 uncovers the basic rhythms and fundamentals you need to get started the right way. You’ll learn the secrets to playing the classic montuno pattern along with tons of Latin-based chords and progressions! From bass lines, chromatic walk-downs, and passing chords to clave rhythms, fill-ins, and harmonic movements, you’ll get it all in this comprehensive 2-hour course. Click here to learn more | Buy now

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Sure you can! And as gospel music evolves and churches continue to embrace other genres of music (to make their worship experiences more universal), you’ll see it even more!

Martha Munizzi has already fused Gospel, Latin, and R&B styles in songs like “Glorious” and has traditional church folks everywhere singing and clapping to her rhythms!

If you like what you hear and want to learn how to play salsa music by ear, see below…

Finally… The Secret is Out! Now You Can Unlock The Power Of Professional Salsa Secrets That Are Guaranteed To Help You Spice Up Your Playing In Minutes Not Months!

If you want to learn how to play Salsa & Latin styles, don’t miss out on our Piano Salsa 101 course!

Hear and Play Salsa Piano 101: Salsa Basics

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to play Salsa & Latin styles, look no further!

Salsa Piano 101 uncovers the basic rhythms and fundamentals you need to get started the right way. You’ll learn the secrets to playing the classic montuno pattern along with tons of Latin-based chords and progressions! From bass lines, chromatic walk-downs, and passing chords to clave rhythms, fill-ins, and harmonic movements, you’ll get it all in this comprehensive 2-hour course. Click here to learn more | Buy now

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Yesterday, I posted 4 new instructional clips from our new salsa course.

Because I was sitting in a conference session, I didn’t have much time to talk about the clips — so what I want to do today is actually break down my favorite of the four.

(Not that I need to because Jeff Goodkind does a wonderful job explaining the minor “1-4-5″ progression, but I just want to add other insights based on things I’ve talked about in the past on this blog).

So basically, if you know your major and minor chords, you can play the salsa piano progression demonstrated in the clip below…

He’s basically playing a 1-4-5 chord progression in the key of C.

Normally, that’d be:

C major - F major - G major

But he’s changing the C and F major chords to minor chords:

C minor - F minor - G major

(These are actually chords from the harmonic minor scale, which I’ll write about a little later. Unlike the natural minor and melodic minor chords, the 1st and 4th are minor and the 5th is major… but don’t worry about knowing this for now).

Now, what’s important is the style in which he plays these basic major and minor chords:

C minor
C + Eb + G + C

F minor
F + Ab + C + F

G major
G + B + D + G

He doubles up on the keynote by playing octaves. So you get a “C” on the bottom and on top, for example.

You actually strike those two octave notes first and rebound with the middle notes.

So for the C minor chord, it’s like doing this:

C + C
Eb + G

(The two C’s surround the “Eb + G”)

And you apply the same pattern to the other chords.

This part is better observed by watching the clip above.

Once you’ve mastered it going up (from C minor to F minor to G major), you just do the same thing coming down.

The whole thing looks like this:

C minor
C + Eb + G + C

F minor
F + Ab + C + F

G major
G + B + D + G

F minor
F + Ab + C + F

C minor
C + Eb + G + C

And once you know your basics and fundamentals and have added enough chords to your musical vocabulary, you can pretty much play any style you want.

(Of course, you’ll need to learn the rhythms and nuances of the new genre, but the chords will be very similar to what you’ve already played… and this is proof).

Hear and Play Salsa Piano 101: Salsa Basics

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to play Salsa & Latin styles, look no further!

Salsa Piano 101 uncovers the basic rhythms and fundamentals you need to get started the right way. You’ll learn the secrets to playing the classic montuno pattern along with tons of Latin-based chords and progressions! From bass lines, chromatic walk-downs, and passing chords to clave rhythms, fill-ins, and harmonic movements, you’ll get it all in this comprehensive 2-hour course. Click here to learn more | Buy now

Until next time!

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I’m currently at an internet conference called TechCrunch50 so my laptop battery life is limited. But I want to share these new salsa clips that we’ve just posted on youtube. They are from our all-new Hear and Play Salsa Piano 101 course (which releases very soon btw).

If you’ve always wanted to play Salsa piano by ear, then look no further…

Hear and Play Salsa Piano 101: Salsa Basics

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to play Salsa & Latin styles, look no further!

Salsa Piano 101 uncovers the basic rhythms and fundamentals you need to get started the right way. You’ll learn the secrets to playing the classic montuno pattern along with tons of Latin-based chords and progressions! From bass lines, chromatic walk-downs, and passing chords to clave rhythms, fill-ins, and harmonic movements, you’ll get it all in this comprehensive 2-hour course. Click here to learn more | Buy now

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Hear and Play Salsa Piano 101: Salsa Basics

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to play Salsa & Latin styles, look no further!

Salsa Piano 101 uncovers the basic rhythms and fundamentals you need to get started the right way. You’ll learn the secrets to playing the classic montuno pattern along with tons of Latin-based chords and progressions! From bass lines, chromatic walk-downs, and passing chords to clave rhythms, fill-ins, and harmonic movements, you’ll get it all in this comprehensive 2-hour course. Click here to learn more | Buy now

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