Your guide is leonel guajiro gonzalez, who has played in many cuban bands including elito reve and many sessions in studios around havana. The old man and the sea by ernest hemingway, our man in havana by graham greene, next year in havana by chanel cleeton, dreaming i. Tres cubano guitar lessons tres cubano, cuban tres guitar. Browse our listing of guitar history books, then pick up a few for yourself or that special guitarist in. The kit can be installed in under 30 minutes with no luthier experience required. Son montuno riffs tumbaos em tres cubano by cuban tres guitar, released 08 january 2015 1. The official home page of the three guys from miami. The cuban tres is a guitarlike rhythm instrument with three courses of two strings each six strings in all.
The first thing to understand about the cuban tres is that it is a rhythm instrument. How to play tumbao in a minor on tres cubano as played by. I make and sell tres cubano conversion kits for baby taylor guitars. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. The greatest method to learn the cuban tres by the efrain amador and doris oropesa.
Visita ebay per trovare una vasta selezione di cuban tres. You can find and buy a cuban tres guitar in our global directory of cuban tres guitars for sale. Metodo del tres cubano by joel pena joel pena, a professional musician with many years of experience, has created the definitive method book for those interested in taking up the unique instrument known as the cuban tres or threecourse guitar. The way to choose the correct fingering is to decide which of the three. However, the scholar fernando ortiz states that the tres is not an exclusive invention of cuba, given that in spain, there was already a similar instrument during the middle ages. As the instruments name implies, the tres has three courses of double or triple strings andis used both as a lead and an accompaniment instrument. Chord collection for tres cubano 1536 chords, for tres cubano in c and d major tuning cuban and puerto rican, isbn 9781906207533, format. The tres cubano chord bible booksamillion online book. Fun with cuban tres ebook by joel pena 97815408880. Cabot books publishing the tres cubano chord bible. In cuba they call a tres setup like this tres hembra.
It plays a key role in the cuban son musical style and in many afrocuban inspired bands. The most widespread variety of the instrument is the original cuban tres with six strings. Another tuning is like the 3rd, 2nd and 1st strings of the guitar. Joel pena, a professional musician with many years of experience, has created the definitive method book for those interested in taking up the unique instrument known as the cuban tres or threecourse guitar. Acoustic guitars free delivery possible on eligible purchases. The author thoughtfully includes instructions for converting a normal 6string guitar to a. Cabot books publishing tres cubano chord bible thomann.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Our lessons will help you build the cuban tres technique through the basics of arpeggios, tumbaos and playing montunos. Played with a plectrum it is perfect for both melodic lead and intricate rhythmic patterns, and its loud, clear sound makes it an ideal instrument for. In this book, you will learn about the cuban tres and how to play it correctly. Cabot books publishing tres cubano chord bible musikhaus. In this case, the tres would play a contratumbao to the piano part.
Guitar history books books about guitars strings by mail. The vast majority of tres instruction books are written for c tuning with this setup. I purchased this book a few years ago and i absolutely loved it. The great arsenio rodriguez, as well as isaac oviedo used guitarrastres.
Tres cubano currently, since the release of the buena vista social club album, the cuban tres is enjoying increasing popularity all over the world as more and more players get to hear about it. In this lesson you will learn how to play chan chan with cuban tres guitar. The cuban tres guitar is native to the eastern part of the island. Furthermore, there are some pieces in this book that indicate chords which are fingered, where as the tres is meant to be used with a pick and not fingers. Even though it looks like a guitar, the actual playing of it is rhythmic with melodic lines. Free tres cubano montunos 115 by efrain rios, released 07 january 2015 1. The cuban tres, symbol of a rich musical tradition. If it were not for the presentation of the history of this instrument and the various samples of cuban riffs, this book. Guacacha son is on the vinales based mogote label along with sol del valle and.
In cuba it is very common to convert a spanish sixsinglenylonstring guitar into a threedoublemetalstring tres. Dec 01, 2008 the great thing about this book, and why i rate it slightly better than nelson gonzalez tres method the usual mel bay corporate product treatment detracts from nelsons method imho, is that jon griffin sets forth examples of song styles, some of which ive heard or seen written, but were never explained at all. C and d major cuban and puerto rican tunings 1,536 chords fretted friends by tobe a. The book includes many musical examples from the tres repertoire, and the companion audio, recorded by an authentic tresero, erases any doubts about. Guitar history books history holds many lessons, and the history of the guitar is no exception. The history of the instrument, the performers, the music its all full of lessons for today. It contains all kind of exercices, easy melodies, to help you read scores whith your tres, as well as interesting solos and montunos. Youll also find an extensive introduction to son and the other cuban styles, including nengon, changui, danzon, gauguanco and mambo. This is a quick and easy guide to learn the fingering shapes and scales so that you learn to play the tres cubano. This is a bilingual instruction book for learning to play the cuban tres.
The 71 musical examples in this book can also be heard on the accompanying cd. Three times the cubans means three times the flavor and fun. It is wriiten in both standard notation and tablature. Scopri le migliori offerte, subito a casa, in tutta sicurezza. From the low pitch to the highest, the principal tuning is. The puerto rican tres, a variant of the tres cubano, is shaped like a puerto rican cuatro and has nine strings on three courses. The tres cubano is a 3course instrument with 6 or more strings used in cuban popular music. This is for all you treseros, tresistas and others out there. The distinctive sound of the cuban tres underpins many cuban styles of music. Read fun with cuban tres metodo del tres cubano by joel pena available from rakuten kobo. Linfluenza afrocubana e il latin tinge nel jazz jazz. The cuban tres chord and scale e book learn to play the cuban tres.
You supply the baby taylor and i send you everything you need to turn it into a great sounding cuban tres. The book is fine, but there is no cd that comes with it, even though it is advertised as coming with a cd. Among its fundamental hispanic components are the vocal style, lyrical metre and the primacy of the tres, derived from the spanish guitar. When the tres is added to a big band, the tres has to fit between the piano and the bass. In the 1930s, the instrument was adapted into the puerto rican tres, which has nine strings and a body. Cuban tres chords music chords, cuba music, guitar chords. The tres cubano chord bible the tres cubano chord bible, with its 1,536 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike.
Your basic triad chords ar e the easiest to learn because there are only three ways to play a major triad and only three ways to play a minor triad. This book provides a long written introduction about different cuban styles and then moves into the usual c chord, g chord exapmles for the beginner, which most people can simply skip. It starts very slowly, but the difficulty improves fast enough for the advanced guitarist. The guitar soundbox is larger than that of the traditional tres, which lends it a somewhat larger sound. For players and fans of the cuban tres tres cubano and its music, and the puerto rican tres and similar instruments. Tres cubano,cuban tres, cuban guitar, method book, ebook. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The tres cubano chord bible, with its 1,536 chords offers a complete solution for both beginner and experienced professional musician alike. The cuban tres or tres cubano is a 3course instrument with 6 or more strings used in traditional cuban son. Its sound has become a defining characteristic of the cuban son and it is commonly played in a variety of afrocuban genres. 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. Being that as it is, you will only be ab le to play three note chords. This bilingual book audio method addresses everything from appropriate string gauges to creating authentic latin tumbaos or groove patterns.
Mar 05, 2016 i make and sell tres cubano conversion kits for baby taylor guitars. Worldrenowned tresero tres player nelson gonzalez explains tuning and playingof the cuban tres guitar, offering tips for beginning to advanced players. If it were not for the presentation of the history of this instrument and the various samples of cuban riffs, this book wouldnt be worth the four stars. This book takes you through the world of the cuban tres very wisely.
Son cubano is a genre of music and dance that originated in the highlands of eastern cuba during the late 19th century. Here is a unique method that explains all aspects related to learning this traditional cuban instrument. It is used to lay down the montuno which in cuban music, is a repeating melody that is played over two or three chords. Large easy to read diagrams make learning to play the tres cubano very easy. The tres spanish for three is a threecourse chordophone of cuban origin. The cuban tres guitar, having only three courses is played as if it were a three string instrument. This page was last edited on 10 february 2019, at 23. Joel pena, a professional musician with many years of.
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