Salsa Music
Salasa Music mindmap- Origins, characteristics,instrumentation, dance steps and performers
- Created by: Lone-wanderer
- Created on: 21-01-15 12:16
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- Salsa Music
- Steps
- Hands kept still, hips swing
- Man faces women
- Steps are closely linked to the Clave rhythm
- Closed position
- Dancers use two bars of 4/4 to complete simple dance cycle (3 steps per bar)
- Instruments
- Latin Percussion
- Congas
- Bongo
- Timpani's
- Cowbells
- Piano (plays broken chord patterns)
- Front line plays syncopated riffs- consists of 2-5 horns
- Trombone
- Saxophones
- Trumpet
- Cuban guitar and guitarrone
- Accordian
- Latin Percussion
- Origins
- Originates from Cuba
- Spanish and African influeneces
- Popular in Cuba, Puerto Rico and New York
- Characteristics
- Time signature of 4/4
- Harmony based on Chord patters- often in a minor Key
- Call and response, often in the vocals
- Syncopation
- Son Clave rhythm- either in 2/3 or 3/2
- Simple melodies followed by Coro- improvised sections
- Lyrics of love and everyday life
- Performers
- Gloria Estafan
- Ricky Martin
- Celia Cruz
- Untitled
- Steps
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