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The Slang of Classic Salsa: Words That Celia Cruz, Héctor Lavoe and Rubén Blades Brought to the World
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Add a word/Sounds like "soh" (as in "solo") + "NEH" (as in "net") + "roh" (as in "row")/
Meaning
A salsa singer who improvises lyrics over the chorus in real time, the hardest and most respected skill in the genre. A true sonero invents lines on the spot, plays with the audience, responds to the coro, and makes it all lock into the clave. Hector Lavoe, Ismael Rivera, Ruben Blades: legendary soneros. Being one is the highest form of respect in salsa.
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“That singer is not a real sonero, he just repeats the album lyrics.”
“Ruben Blades is one of the few soneros who still surprises you live.”
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/Sounds like "soh" (as in "solo") + "NEH" (as in "net") + "roh" (as in "row")/
Meaning
A salsa singer who improvises lyrics over the chorus in real time, the hardest and most respected skill in the genre. A true sonero invents lines on the spot, plays with the audience, responds to the coro, and makes it all lock into the clave. Hector Lavoe, Ismael Rivera, Ruben Blades: legendary soneros. Being one is the highest form of respect in salsa.
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“That singer is not a real sonero, he just repeats the album lyrics.”
“Ruben Blades is one of the few soneros who still surprises you live.”
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