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Harmonica Lessons: Latin Music: 3rd Position Montunos

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[MUSIC]
So now, I'd like to move to something else

in the Dorian Mode, which is,

there's a lot of Latin music
that is in the Dorian Mode,

and the band is gonna play one or
two of those tunes.

And, the rhythm patterns in Latin music,
that the piano usually plays,

are called montunos,
like they go like this.

[SOUND] I'll do it in D minor.

[MUSIC]
I'm playing the bass line too,

it's a little tricky,

obviously can't do that on harmonica,

but you can play the montuno.

[MUSIC]
There's a lot of

them, you can do.

[MUSIC]
You can do it with octaves.

[MUSIC]
There's a lot of Latin music,

it's just they take solos over one or

two chords a lot of the time.

And sometimes, while the montuno's going
on, there'll be a conga drum solo,

something like that.

So, if you're a harmonica player
who can play montunos, and

you're in a Latin band, boy, those
guys are gonna be really surprised and

very pleased that you understand
how to comp for their music.

So, I'll show you another one,
that's a little bit more elaborate,

on the harmonica.

That one was just from four draw.

[MUSIC]
And then, four blow, and

then going up to the two
notes right above them.

[MUSIC]
And, it's a very specific rhythm, and it's

something that you really have to listen
to a lot of Latin music to really get.

[MUSIC]
The only ones that

are on the on beats,

is the down beat.

[MUSIC]
Everything else is on the upbeats,

until that last little stutter step
puts you back to the down beat.

[MUSIC]
So, that's

what we're gonna

play later, and

you know that tune.

[MUSIC]

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