Title: Salsa music - Wikipedia
Headings: Salsa music
Salsa music
Contents
Salsa as a musical term
Issues of identity and ownership
Lyrics
Instrumentation
Son Conjunto
String charanga
Percussion
Music structure
Verse and chorus sections
Clave
Percussion and clave alignment
Guajeo
Bass tumbao
Moñas
History
Pre-salsa: Cuban dance music in New York City 1930-1940
1970s
Divergence of salsa and Cuban popular music
1980s
"Salsa cubana" and the birth of timba
African salsa
1990s to the present
Films
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

Content: Ultimately, it became a global phenomenon. Some of the founding salsa artists were Johnny Pacheco (the creator of the Fania All-Stars ), Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, Richie Ray, Bobby Cruz, Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Larry Harlow, Roberto Roena, Bobby Valentín, Eddie Palmieri, and Héctor Lavoe. Contents
1 Salsa as a musical term
2 Issues of identity and ownership
3 Lyrics
4 Instrumentation
4.1 Son Conjunto
4.2 String charanga
4.3 Percussion
5 Music structure
5.1 Verse and chorus sections
5.2 Clave
5.3 Percussion and clave alignment
5.4 Guajeo
5.5 Bass tumbao
5.6 Moñas
6 History
6.1 Pre-salsa: Cuban dance music in New York City 1930-1940
6.2 1970s
6.3 Divergence of salsa and Cuban popular music
6.4 1980s
6.5 "Salsa cubana" and the birth of timba
6.6 African salsa
6.7 1990s to the present
7 Films
8 See also
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Salsa as a musical term
Salsa means ' sauce ' in the Spanish language, and carries connotations of the spiciness common in Latin and Caribbean cuisine. In the 20th century, salsa acquired a musical meaning in both English and Spanish. In this sense salsa has been described as a word with "vivid associations". Cubans and Puerto Ricans in New York have used the term analogously to swing or soul music. In this usage salsa connotes a frenzied, "hot" and wild musical experience that draws upon or reflects elements of Latin culture, regardless of the style. Various music writers and historians have traced the use of salsa to different periods of the 20th century. Max Salazar traces the word back to the early 1930s, when Ignacio Piñeiro composed "Échale salsita", a Cuban son protesting tasteless food.