How Did The Musical Characteristics Of Sasa Change Since Its Beginning

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The History of Salsa
Grant Lee
Advisor: Mr. Gillespie
Research Question:
How did the musical characteristics of Salsa change since it’s beginning?

Since its humble beginnings, salsa has been quickly becoming a global sensation. At the beginning, Salsa was not the most popular genre of music because there were many other dominant genres in Latin America that shadowed salsa. As time progressed and multiple talented artists refined the music, it began gaining recognition by the world. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the evolution of salsa from its beginning. By the 1940’s, the United States had recovered from the Great Depression, and the Great War had finally ended. Although the war had finally come to an end, communism still existed and many Cubans that were able to escape and remained in the United States. At the time, the hub of all multicultural events resided in the United States. Before the term “Salsa” ever …show more content…

Another innovation Machito contributed to the Salsa community was the significance of the instrumentation. Traditionally, Salsa had often emphasized the main lead singer and the vocal parts to Salsa, but due to the use of newer instrumentation of the use of congas, bongos, and timbales there was a need to create a triumvirate between these three instruments, which led to the basis of most Salsa music. With the triumvirate of the three percussion instruments, the horns also adapted the same rhythmic vocabulary present throughout the percussion section. Lastly, Machito further developed the clave rhythm that is prevalent throughout the Salsa culture. In his music, Machito developed the 3-2 and 2-3 clave rhythm. At the beginning of each chord progression in his music was always instigated by the clave

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