Santana - Oye Como Va Guitar Lesson
Oye Como Va
Originally written in 1963 by Latin Jazz musician Tito Puente, "Oye Como Va" was made famous by Santana's 1970 cover. In this lesson, DJ breaks down the rhythm and lead sections to this influential song.
Taught by DJ Phillips in Songs with DJ Phillips seriesLength: 55:14Difficulty: 2.5 of 5
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Originally written in 1963 by Latin Jazz musician Tito Puente, "Oye Como Va" was made famous by Santana's 1970 cover. In this lesson, DJ breaks down the rhythm and lead sections to this influential song.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Great job DJ. You made it fun and easy to learn. Keep up the good work!
Still on that. Almost get it...
¿ Oye como te va ? Great lesson in my opinion. Thanks. Having a great time...
I love this guitar song.I have been trying to learn it.I am almost there!
Thanks..one my favorite guitar songs!
cardinal is right , it means "look how it goes, my rhythm .." the second line translates as " just right to make you come, mulata" - a mulata being a girl of mixed race and color. there you have it ...
Dude I need to come back and remind myself a bite at a time. Getting there though very good lesson. Nice piece to learn not overly hard but impressive for others to hear this coming from the guitar of an intermediate type.
u did a great job and your integration of humor at the start gave the lesson the umph factor; looking forward to your next one; also, selecting a Santana song was refreshing- don't see many song lessons of his music on internet (at least i haven't); if u get a chance for another sometime it would be great- there are many, but one of my favorites is "Bella"---- anyway, want to thank you for a very lucid presentation so even guys like me can get it--
can you play the rake in measure 34 in the open string D7 position?
that song has so much down-time for the guitarist, u can bake a pizza and finish it before the next verse xD haha
brilliant so funny pure cool comedy, dj every time i lose intrest in guitar u drag me back. keep it up man introduction was amazing
dj thank you so much that was the greatest introduction ever, so funny and cool comedy well performed. keep it up dj every time i lose intrest you bring me back. keep it up !!!!!!!!!
this is a great lesson. been trying to learn this song for years and, with this lesson, I think I'm going to!! great job. Jamplay keeps getting better and better. wish I would have had something like this when I first started. kudos d.j.
Wow - what a cool lesson d.j. - thanks man!
Outstanding work, production and explanations!
Im desperately trying to put all my time into learning jazz.but I'll definitely try to build this into my reportoire. Great Lesson DJ.
Santana doesnt just play guitar, he makes love to it!! Great job DJ!!
LOL Deej.... I luv ya man.... just luv ya. You always make me smile.
I tried a shaker song once but it sounded more like Simple Gifts....
where is the shaker solo.. ?
AWESOME
It seems the supplemental content is missing rhythm notes on the shaker moves, please post as soon as possible, I have been practicing but can't get it right, the sooner the better as I plan to be up much of the night working on it. :)
great performance
Thanks...great intro...I enjoy listening to Santana..
It is impossible not to love this guy!! DJ, thanks for being such an awesome instructor and always including your humor as well. I always come away from your lessons and Q&As having learned something and with a smile because it was so much fun!!
very good spanish pronunciation, dude!
Haha, thanks I did the best I could! (I took French in high school and even that was suspect.)
Pure awesomeness! I'm going to do this one.
Thanks, Ed!
I've never seen a man ravage a shaker like that before !@
If we ever open up ShakerPlay.com we already have an instructor!
Aww shucks.
still trying to figure this out but getin there! thanks man!
Supplemental content is up now. Hope that helps!
Can you do a lesson on how to move your guitar around like a lady dance partner?
I'm sorry, but that is the FORBIDDEN DANCE. We'd have to pay extra licensing fees to teach it.
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The supp is up!
Ill be the first one to correct u on this one dj!...anyway oye como va means "hear how this goes", so basically all together its saying hear how this goes, my rhythm (oye como va, mi rhythmo). So he's saying hear how my rhythm goes, basically simplified...anyway just felt the urge to say that! thanks man! haha :)
What'd I say? I got the translation from a Tito Puente site, Wikipedia and a person who spoke Spanish. That's about the extent of research I was willing to put in. So, thanks for the clarification!