Hear and Play Salsa 101 Video Training Course (Digital Version)

Salsa Basics & Fundamentals

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Hear and Play Salsa Piano 101: Salsa Basics Video Course

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to play Salsa & Latin styles, look no further!

Salsa Piano 101 uncovers the basic rhythms and fundamentals you need to get started the right way. You’ll learn the secrets to playing the classic montuno pattern along with tons of Latin-based chords and progressions! From bass lines, chromatic walk-downs, and passing chords to clave rhythms, fill-ins, and harmonic movements, you’ll get it all in this comprehensive 2-hour course.

  • Learn several Latin rhythms that you can start playing today. Like the montuno, clave, and more!

  • Incorporate the fundamentals of harmony and Afro-Latin rhythms and add loads of flavor to your patterns.

  • Discover how to play the popular montuno pattern and how to incorporate various chord progressions with it to give you the classic Latin sound everyone knows (even if you've never played this style before)...

  • Two clave phrasings you must know in order to play salsa music. You'll learn both the "2-3" and "3-2" phrasings and how to integrate them with your salsa patterns.

  • How to easily play tons of Salsa and Latin chord patterns that are guaranteed to make you look like you've been playing for years.

  • How to play a 1-4-5 progression like you've never played it before. When broken up and applied to salsa rhythms, "1-4-5" progressions are a different beast!

  • Various "hot and spicy" major and minor salsa progressions you can start playing right away.

  • How to inject your own flavor into these salsa rhythms and patterns and come away with a style all your own!

  • The difference between montunos and claves and how one affects the other.

  • How to play several Salsa bass lines on your left hand and accompany them with powerful right-hand chord patterns.

  • How a drum pedal can help you keep and improve your timing. It is imperative that you stay on beat and locked in with the band.

  • How to incorporate major 7 chords into your salsa progressions. You'll love this one! It's along the line of "salsa jazz."

  • Why the sixth and seventh degree of your major scale is so important, melodically, in various salsa chord patterns.

  • The power of the 5th tone and how you can use it as a temporary home base to create awesome-sounding chord movements.

  • The role of other rhythm instruments in a salsa band and how to best lock "cleanly" with other members of the band.

  • How to know the difference between the "2-side" of the clave and the "3-side" and why knowing this can keep you sync with other members of the rhythm section.

  • Over 12 different salsa patterns that you can play, one after the other! You can literally put on your own salsa concert in your living room after learning these patterns (no joke)!

  • How to master the off-beat bass. Warning: It can be challenging at first but you'll learn many strategies to make sure you're playing your bass lines correctly.

  • How to break up chords to get the traditional salsa & Latin sound everyone's used to hearing! Just this alone will have you playing Salsa rhythms right away!


  • How to incorporate minor and diminished chords into your montuno patterns. This definitely spices things up, trust me.

  • The secret to operating in the harmonic minor scale and how to borrow chords from that scale to play more interesting movements.

  • How to easily transpose what you know in one key to another in just 2 easy steps.

  • The key to creating beautiful melodic movements over various Latin chord progressions.

  • How to clap and master the montuno pattern even before you sit down at the piano. Half of the battle is won when you're away from the piano.

  • Obtain a concrete understanding of key auxiliaries of the salsa rhythm section: Conga, Bongo + Bell, Timbales, and Bass! And your role as the piano player.

  • Easily integrate four professional Latin chords used by the most popular salsa bands around!

  • Strengthen your left hand with 5 simple, yet effective bass walks that'll add tons of flavor to literally any salsa track!

  • Understand the role of the clave as it relates to the other instruments in the band (Conga, Timbales, Bass, etc)

  • Learn how to apply both the "forward clave" and the "reverse clave" to your chord progressions. Knowing the difference is crucial to your salsa playing.


  • Learn what the "pulse" is and how to adapt to it. This is probably one of the most important concepts you'll learn.

  • Learn the secrets of syncopation and how it applies to your Latin playing.

  • Combine the clave and the montuno pattern simultaneously and watch heads turn as the energy explodes!

  • The rules on how to experiment with your own left-hand bass lines. Now you'll learn how to lay them underneath the basic montuno pattern, on demand!

  • Spice up your Latin playing by sliding in several passing tones you can apply to virtually every chord you play.

  • Give your salsa sound some major kick by harmonizing the montuno pattern in higher inversions. You'll learn all about this...

  • Color up your playing by learning the hidden tricks to playing off the 6th degree. (Many musicians don't even know this, but trust me, once you try the 6th, you'll never leave it alone.)

  • And much much more...