History of Music in Cuba

The music of Cuba include the instruments and the dances that is influenced mostly by African, European (especially the Spanish) and to a lesser extent Chinese music, the main forms of the recent day are fusions and combination of these sources that is mainly the first two. For example, the son montuno merges the Spanish guitar, melody, harmony and the poetic traditions with the Afro-Cuban drums and rhythms. Though nothing remains of the real Indian traditions, since the 19^th century Cuban music has been higher famous and powerful throughout the world, it has been perhaps the most well-known form of the world music since the initiation of the recording technology. Cuban music had been hugely powerful in other countries, this contributed not only to the development of the jazz and salsa, but also to the Argentine tango, Ghanaian high life, West African Afro-beat, Dominican Bachata and Merengue, Colombian Cumbia, Spanish Nueevo flamenco, Arabo-Cuban music is created by Michel Elefteriades in the 1900s in different form of pop music all over the world.

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