QUITATE LA MÁSCARA – Ray Barretto Tutorial

As novelty of the week we bring the complete transcription of the song “Quítate la Máscara” composition of Hugo Gonzalez great success of the master percussionist Ray Barretto, recorded in the album “Barretto Power” (Fania 1970), with Adalberto Santiago in the voice and the piano of Louis Cruz.

This song is a reference in salsa dura, in the key of C minor and in clave 2-3; it has an average tempo of 180 bpm, an easy and tasty mambo, plus some chords by fourths characteristic of the style.

It is available the tutorial video with the complete song (demo) and a second video with the detailed explanation + the backing track without the piano to practice.

You will find it together with its PDF and the MP3 backing track in the section of: REPERTORIO of the BASIC LEVEL and also in our ALL REPERTORIO course.

Enjoy it!

AboutRafa Madagascar

Hello, I am Rafa Madagascar, with more than 25 years of professional career as a pianist, producer, composer and arranger, here I present: PIANO SALSA A platform where I expose all my learning experience and musical career, dedicated to all those people who, regardless of their age or musical level, want to learn to play montunos, harmony, accompaniments, rhythms, and all those songs that they have always wanted to play.