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: Salsa is primarily Cuban son, itself a fusion of Spanish canción and guitar and Afro-Cuban percussion. Salsa also occasionally incorporates elements of Latin jazz, bomba and plena. All of these non-Cuban elements are grafted onto the basic Cuban son montuno template when performed within the context of salsa. The first salsa bands were predominantly Cubans and Puerto Ricans. The music eventually spread throughout Colombia and the rest of the Americas. 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.