Dame tu amor Guantanamera - Eduardo Saborit Examples – Music
“Dame tu amor Guantanamera” by Eduardo Saborit—a classic son — the introduction features voice and tres guitar. Soon after, the characteristic bass line enters in the background. In this recording it’s played on an upright bass rather than a marímbula.
To really catch it, you’ll need headphones or speakers with good low-end response, since phone or laptop speakers often can’t reproduce those deep bass tones.
What to listen for
- The intro: at first only voice and tres, the guitar with three double strings that leads in son.
- The bass: a little later the double bass comes in, as in the "classic" son sextet line-up (guitar, tres, bongó, claves, maracas and double bass). In the earliest sones the marímbula or the botija played that role.
- Call and response: singer and chorus take turns.