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Re: re: Mambo....

Posted by Anonymous

7/17/2004 3:21:00 PM

I was wondering what people might think of the "Eddie Torres" mambo style seeing as how counts 123-567 but "breaks on the 2" (the motion/direction)

...and/or what everyone might think about the idea that the dance/music "salsa" really does not exist and that it was just a marketing scheme to repackage an old product??? This is what Tito Puente (The mambo king/ rey del timbal) has stated many times over the years before his death.

Re: re: Mambo....

Posted by Son

11/8/2004 6:52:00 AM

my dance teacher alwasy taught mambo as quick, quick, slow, hold

going on beat 2

so its 2, 3, 4, 1 hold

and his salsa is pretty much same technique as mambo, but goes tap, two three, hold

timing going on the 1

so its, 1, tap, 3, 4

ball tap when going forward, and heel tap when steping backwards

he says that that is the way most people do salsa, but he also sed that what we call salsa, somebody else might clal mambo and vice versa

its all very hazy

Re: re: Mambo....

Posted by Chandler

7/12/2005 9:34:00 PM

Couldn't have explained it better. That's the way I learned it in South Florida.

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