Cuba is one of the musically richest islands on the planet. With a mixture of cultures, religions, and musical styles from all over the world coming together on this island, it has made for an incredibly diverse environment for mixing, revolutionizing, fusing, growing, and expounding into beautifully rich musics. Influences come from Africa, Spain, France, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, virtually all of the Americas, as well as Asia.
Styles and Genres that grew in Cuba (click on each for transcriptions, videos, and historical/cultural context):
- Afro
- Arrará
- Batá
- Beguine
- Bembe baco so
- Bembe de sao
- Bembe güiro
- Bembe mula
- Bolero Cha
- Bomba
- Brikamo
- Canción
- Caravalí
- Cha
- ChaChaChá
- Changüí
- Charanga
- Comparsa
- Conga
- Conga Afro
- Conga Guajira
- Conga La Ye
- Conga merengue
- Conga Salsa
- Conga son
- Conga tumbao
- Cumbia
- Danzón
- Danzonete
- Dengue
- Filín
- Fusion
- Habanera
- Gagá
- Guajira
- Guaracha
- Guarapachangueo
- Jazz
- Jiriblla
- Lluvá
- Maisepol
- Mambo
- Matamorino
- Merengue
- Merengue Haitiano
- Moruno
- Mozambique
- Nengon
- Palo
- Pilón
- Plena
- Punto Guajiro
- Quirribá
- ritmos orientals
- Rumba Columbia Habanera
- Rumba Columbia Matancera
- Rumba Columbia Santiaguera
- Rumba Guaguanco
- Rumba Jiribilla
- Rumba Yambu
- Son Cha
- Son Montuno
- Son Popular
- Son Tradicional
- Songo
- Timba
- Nueva Trova
- Trova
- Tumba Francesa
- Tumba Francesa Frente
- Tumba Francesa Mason
- Tumba Francesa Tahona
- Tumbada
- Tumbao
- Yambalu