Arreglo e interpretación de dos temas estadounidenses de los años 70 y 80 a géneros musicales afrolatinoamericanos salsa y merengue

Abstract

This work was born with the idea of adapting examples from the Anglo repertoire to Afro-Latin American genres, so that Latin percussionists can play them. Particularly, two pieces of Anglo music were turned into salsa and merengue. To achieve this, the first step was to use the context of the origin, rhythmic patterns and evolution of the original genres to have a critical concept that would allow recognition, appropriation and musical and interpretative analysis, ensuring that the arrangements preserved the essence of the original pieces. Additionally, it was necessary to determine which aspects of Latin genres were going to be considered as essential to establish musical, rhythmic and instrumental ideas methodically ordered, presenting them with the highest sensitivity. Also, several interviews were conducted with instrumentalists and arrangers who, according to their experience, dictate the way to undertake and develop these arrangements. Finally, the most important part is the practical one, in which I apply my knowledge as an instrumentalist in Latin percussion to develop the arrangements, orchestration and ensemble to obtain audible and written material that fuses the mentioned above rhythms that will serve as a guide in the percussive rhythmic bases for future studies.