salsa music

Salsa music or "salsa" is a Latin music generic/umbrella term developed in New York City specifically during the 1970s that was used to describe mainly Afro-Cuban popular Latin dance music generally utilizing rhythms from Cuba, particularly son and guaracha. On occasion salsa bands will play other genres, such as son montuno, guaguancó, bolero, danzón, plena, bomba, cumbia and others. Bands have historically played entire songs in these genres or in some instances shift into these genres for a few bars for rhythmic variation. However, typically salsa songs most approximate the Cuban guaracha genre in terms of structure and tempo.
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