Son-moderno
Later evolutions (1950s–present), blending with jazz, salsa, timba, and other genres.
Instruments:
Full Salsa Band setup:
- Piano (modern tumbaos, jazz influences)
- Tres (still present but less dominant)
- Double Bass (or electric bass in timba/modern settings)
- Congas, Bongó, Timbales (expanded percussion)
- Claves, Maracas, Güiro
- Brass section (trumpets, trombones, saxophones)
- And sometimes
- flute
- violin
- keyboards
- electric guitar
👉 Much bigger sound, hybrid of Cuban son + jazz + modern Latin music.
The güiro is central to danzón, cha-cha-chá, son, and salsa, and is a standard feature of charanga orchestras that popularized Cuban dance music in the 20th century.
Lees meer >The Spanish guitar arrived in Cuba with the colonizers and became the seed of Cuban music, blending with African rhythms. From inspiring the tres to shaping son, conjuntos, and even modern timba, its influence runs through every note of Cuba’s musical history.
Lees meer >Timba, the explosive and rhythmically rich genre of Cuban dance music, transformed how the bass functions in popular music. In Timba, the bass is not just foundational — it’s fiery, funky, and free.
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