Canto - structure

Timba

Timba is the music this site is dedicated to exploring. It emerged as a distinct genre in the late 1980s and crystallized in the early 1990s — born in a moment of social crisis, built on the full accumulated history of Cuban music, and still evolving today.

Música Timba

Un género de música popular bailable cubana que surgió en los años 1980–90

• Surgió en los años 1980–90
• Influenciado por el songo, la rumba, el funk, el blues, el jazz, el pop, el rock y los ritmos afrocubanos.
• Conocido por sus complejos cambios de ritmo, líneas de bajo agresivas y alta energía que impulsan a los bailadores a improvisar.

Canto

The largo, canto, or verse, is where the lead vocalist sings the main lyrical content of the song. In Timba, the canto often contains a narrative or thematic element and is supported by the rhythm section and background vocals.

Canto

The largo, canto, or verse, is where the lead vocalist sings the main lyrical content of the song. In Timba, the canto often contains a narrative or thematic element and is supported by the rhythm section and background vocals.

Canto

The largo, canto, or verse, is where the lead vocalist sings the main lyrical content of the song. In Timba, the canto often contains a narrative or thematic element and is supported by the rhythm section and background vocals.