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

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Salsa music
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Latin American dance music genre
Not to be confused with Salsa (sauce). Salsa
Stylistic origins
Son cubano
jazz
Cultural origins
1960s, Cuban and Puerto Rican communities in New York City, United States
Subgenres
Salsa romántica
salsa dura
Fusion genres
Charanga-vallenata
songo-salsa
vallenato-salsa
salsaton
Regional scenes
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Colombia
Panama
Venezuela
Mexico
Conga drums, one of the foundational instruments of salsa music. Salsa music is a popular dance music genre that initially arose in New York City during the 1960s. Salsa is the product of various Cuban musical genres including the Afro-Cuban son montuno, guaracha, cha cha chá, mambo, and Puerto Rican plena and bomba. Latin jazz (which was also developed in New York City) has had a significant influence on salsa arrangers, piano guajeos, and instrumental soloists. 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.