Son-moderno
Later evolutions (1950sâpresent), 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, BongĂł, Timbales (expanded percussion)
- Claves, Maracas, GĂźiro
- Brass section (trumpets, trombones, saxophones)
- And sometimes
- flute
- violin
- keyboards
- electric guitar
đ Much bigger sound, hybrid of Cuban son + jazz + modern Latin music.
A pair of small drums played with fingers and palms.
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The gĂźiro is central to danzĂłn, cha-cha-chĂĄ, 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 Cubaâs 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 â itâs fiery, funky, and free.
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