Cuban Music

Cuban Music

·         Cuban music is mainly influenced from Spain, Africa and America.

·         Cuban Music mainly originated in the cabildos; a form of social club among African slaves.

·         Popular Cuban music styles include:



Cuica



o   Salsa

o   Rumba



o   Mambo

Traditional Cuban Instruments:

·         Claves

·         Maracas

·         Thumb piano

·         Bongos

·         Congas

·         Cuicas



Buena Vista Social Club



Cuban Artists:

·         Celia Cruz

·         Buena Vista Social Club

·         Ibrahim Ferrer

·         Polo Montanez

·         Haila Maria Mompie

Cuba is an island located just below the United States as shown:

Clocks ft. Buena Vista Social Club