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Salsa originated from the blending of African and European musical traditions in Cuba. African slaves brought drums and rhythms while Europeans contributed instruments like guitar and melody. This fusion developed into many genres of Cuban music. After World War 2, many Latin Americans immigrated to New York, which helped salsa emerge. Salsa incorporates elements from genres like jazz and incorporates instruments like piano, trumpet, and trombone. It is danced on an 8 beat rhythm with steps on beats 1-3 and 5-7 and pauses on beats 4 and 8, with room for flourishes.

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Salsa originated from the blending of African and European musical traditions in Cuba. African slaves brought drums and rhythms while Europeans contributed instruments like guitar and melody. This fusion developed into many genres of Cuban music. After World War 2, many Latin Americans immigrated to New York, which helped salsa emerge. Salsa incorporates elements from genres like jazz and incorporates instruments like piano, trumpet, and trombone. It is danced on an 8 beat rhythm with steps on beats 1-3 and 5-7 and pauses on beats 4 and 8, with room for flourishes.

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  • History of Salsa
  • Salsa Origins
  • Some Musicians of Salsa
  • Salsa Main Instruments
  • Other Salsa Instruments
  • Salsa Movements
  • Learning to Dance Salsa

History of Salsa

Its Instruments, Musicians and Movements

By: Genesis Valdez ENC 3241

Salsa Origins
On the island of Cuba started an extra ordinary big variety of rhythms and kinds of music. The Spaniards had a strong musical tradition, which they took with them to the New World. They let the slaves free to practice their own utterance of music and dance. Central into the music from the slaves of Africa was the drum and the rhythm.

Salsa Origins (cont.)


The Spaniards took their European instruments with them, such as guitar, piano and different kind of wind instruments. Melody played a central part of the European music. Out of this mixing of African rhythms and European melody's is started the multitude of Cuban music. After World War II, many Latinos under which people from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Venezuela where going to live in the United States, most of them went to New York. This is where salsa initially started to develop. North American influences in jazz, gave its elements in salsa.

Salsa Origins (cont.)


On which moment in the 70s, the name "salsa" is accepted as the collective noun for the Latin-American rhythms. Immigrants from Puerto Rico abandoned Puerto Rican folklore music, in favor of Afro-Cuban music. Puerto Rican musicians and musicians from other Latin American countries had a considerable hand in the preservation and development of this music in the U.S. and their interpretation actually created something new and different to what was being played in Cuba.

Salsa Origins (cont.)


They began mixing dance music, jazz, new troubadour, the Timba and Latin rock. Many of these structural changes or developments with the more modern styles created the new salsa, which is the salsa that we are familiar with.

Some Musicians of Salsa


Afro Cubans All Stars Celia Cruz Fania All Stars Hector Lavoe Joe Arroyo Marc Anthony La India Johnny Pachecho Ismael Miranda El Gran Combo Tito Puente Oscar D Leon

And the list never ends

Salsa Main Instruments


The Timbales A pair of skinned drums played with a pair of sticks. The Marimbula A finger piano brought to Cuba by slaves from Santo Domingo. The Guiro A carved gourd played by scraping it with a stick The Conga Drum A skinned drum played with the palms. The Bongos A pair of round drums held in the knees and struck with the hand.

Other Salsa Instruments:


Trombone Trumpet Piano Violin Guitar Bass Flute Saxophone

Professional Dance Video

Salsa Movements
Salsa dancing is done on eight-beat music, with dancers moving on three beats, pausing for one beat, dancing for three beats, and pausing for one beat. The movement style is left-right-left-pause, then right-left-right-pause. During the pause in most salsa dancing some sort of flourish is utilized, be it a stomp of the foot, casting out the hand or kicking the lower leg.

Salsa Movements (cont.)


Salsa dancing is mostly a stationary dance, with little movement around the dance floor. In addition to the partnered movements of salsa dancing, dancers may integrate solo breaks known as shines into their routines.

Salsa Movements (cont.)


These are a way for salsa dancers to take a breather from an exhausting routine, or to gather themselves if their rhythm is broken. Shines involve lots of ornate movements and demonstrations of the body, and are intended as a way for a dancer to show off their full talent.

Learning to dance Salsa

Video to Learn how to Dance Salsa

History of Salsa Its Instruments, Musicians and Movements By: Genesis Valdez ENC 3241
Salsa Origins • On the island of Cuba started an extra ordinary big variety of rhythms and kinds of music. The Spaniards h
Salsa Origins (cont.) • The Spaniards took their European instruments with them, such as guitar, piano and different kind o
Salsa Origins (cont.) • On which moment in the 70’s, the name "salsa" is accepted as the collective noun for the Latin-Amer
Salsa Origins (cont.) • They began mixing dance music, jazz, new troubadour, the Timba and Latin rock. Many of these struc
Some Musicians of Salsa • Afro Cubans All Stars • Celia Cruz • Fania All Stars • Hector Lavoe • Joe Arroyo • Marc Anth
Salsa Main Instruments • The Timbales A pair of skinned drums played with a pair of sticks. • The Marimbula A finger pi
Other Salsa Instruments: • Trombone • Trumpet • Piano • Violin • Guitar • Bass • Flute • Saxophone
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