Meaning montuno
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montuno


A repeated two- or three-chord pattern on the piano played behind the coro and instrumental solos (Latin).
Source: ccnmtl.columbia.edu

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A term of Latin music which crops up in other Jazz. (1) An indefinitely repeated pattern of 1, 2 or 4 bars in the piano, typically with ingeniously syncopated moving inner voices and a differently syncopated bass line. (2) Incorrectly, a pyramiding vamp in which one instrument enters alone, then another is added, and so on at regular intervals.
Source: apassion4jazz.net (offline)

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(music) The counterpoint in Cuban salsa music. * date=February 19, 2007|author=William Neuman|title=Amid Squeal of Trains at Times Square, Melody of a Store’s Rebirth|work=New York Times|url=http:/ [..]
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