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The Roots of Timba, Pt I
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Arsenio's Cuban Recordings 1941-1952
- Arsenio's New York Recordings, 1953-59
- 1940-El pirulero no vuelve más
- 1943-Oye como dice
- 1945-Deuda
- 1945-No hay yaya sin Guayacán
- 1946-Cangrejo fue a estudiar
- 1946-Dame un cachito pa' huele
- 1946-La juventud amaliana
- 1947-Adivínalo
- 1947-Soy el terror
- 1948-Tocoloro
- 1948-Tintorero ya llegó
- 1948-Tumba palo cucuyé
- 1948-Yo no engaño a las nenas
- 1948-El Cerro tiene la llava
- 1948-Esa china tiene coimbre
- 1948-A Belén le toca ahora
- 1949-Pueblo nuevo se pasó
- 1949-Me boté de guaño
- 1949-Los sitios acere
- 1949-Dundunbanza
- 1950-El rincón caliente
- 1950-La juventud de Cayo Hueso
- 1950-El rumbón de Luyanó
- 1951-Me dijo que sí y le dije que no
- 1951-Caminante y laborí
- Epilogue - Guaraguí
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The Roots of Timba, Pt I - 1943-Oye como dice
1943 Arsenio Rodríguez - Oye como dice
xx0x 0xxx 0xx0 xx0x 2-3 son clave
0xxx 0x0x xxxx 0x0x
xxxx 0x0x xxxx 0x0x
xxxx 0x0x xxxx 0x0x
xxxx 0x0x xxxx 0x0x MIDI example
bassist: Nilo Alfonso
source: Emiliano Echeverría
notes: This example takes the bombo-ponche figure (xxx0 xx0x) and moves the bombo forward to the backbeat (xxxx 0x0x), creating a subtle, but distinct change in the flavor of the rhythm. This figure later became the basis for rhythms such as a caballo and pachanga, and of course, timba aficionados will immediately recognize it as the most common breakdown figure for the kick drum (example - source).
Another notable feature of the Oye como dice tumbao is its extended length of 4 claves. Finally, from a purely subjective point of view, this track strikes me as a creative breakthrough in terms of the quantity and intensity of its musical "hooks", which still sound very fresh today.
