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Pilón is a Cuban musical form and a popular dance created in the 1950s. named for the town of Pilón, on the southern coast of Cuba. The rhythms of Pilón are based on the motions of pounding sugarcane. One unique aspect of the pilón is the use of simultaneous piano and electric guitar guajeos. Rhythmically, the guitar plays a much simpler form of the piano part. The following example is written in 4/4 rather than cut-time. The creation of Pilón is often attributed to bandleader and singer Pacho Alonso in collaboration with percussionist/composer Enrique Bonne.


Enrique Bonne

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, Denis "Papacho" Savón of Issac Delgado, Tomás "El Panga" Ramos of
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and Cubanismo, and many Latin Jazz musicians—Moore.
Enrique's son
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continued the musical tradition.


See also

Puchito Records discography:# René del Mar and His Cunjunto
"Como Te Gusta A Ti"
Enrique Bonne
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The Pilón in French
Cuban styles of music {{Cuba-stub