La Vida Es un Carnaval
Celia Cruz · 1998
Uptempo salsa for internalizing clave, cascara, and montuno feel.
- Artist
- Celia Cruz
- Year
- 1998
- Genre
- salsa
- Drummer
- session (uncredited)
- Tempo
- 190 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- salsa
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
114bpm
Building
152bpm
Target
190bpm
The feel
A salsa in 4/4 around 190 BPM. It's fast — economy of motion is everything; speed comes from relaxation, not force.
What to watch
- •Anchor everything to the clave/ostinato; keep it steady while the rest moves.
How to learn it
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Learn it
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