Music: Septetos
Adding a trumpet turned the sexteto into a septeto, giving it more projection for bigger venues and open-air dances. The trumpet also added space for improvisation, call-and-response with the singer, and a more âurbanâ flavor. Example: Septeto Nacional (Ignacio Piñeiro).
The trumpet has been central to Cuban popular music since the 1920s, when it became the lead melodic voice of the son septeto â the "seventh voice" that transformed the ensemble.
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Adding a trumpet turned the sexteto into a septeto, giving it more projection for bigger venues and open-air dances. The trumpet also added space for improvisation, call-and-response with the singer, and a more âurbanâ flavor. Example: Septeto Nacional (Ignacio Piñeiro).