Definition of "montuno" [montuno]

• The counterpoint in Cuban salsa music. (noun)

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• "I love Mexican music, almost as I enjoy a montuno."
• "For example, the opening track, "What You Had When You Knew You Believed," can be lambasted for smushing together an Afro-Cuban pulse and piano montuno figure with a more Brazilian rhythm circa Return To Forever Light as A Feather on the verses."
• "Still, it was 69-year-old Valdés who displayed the most galvanizing virtuosity as he repeatedly unraveled prolix solos, marked by jolting harmonies and anchoring montuno patterns."