Afro-Cuban music

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Afro-diasporic music music genre

Afro-Cuban music is a genre that fuses African rhythmic and religious traditions with Cuban Spanish melodies and forms, giving rise to styles like rumba, son, and salsa that have profoundly shaped Caribbean and global popular music.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Afro-Cuban jazz	2
Afro-Cubanism	1
Black Cuban culture	1
son (Cuban musical genre)	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afro-diasporic music ⓘ music genre ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Abakuá ⓘ Palo Monte ⓘ Santería ⓘ
characterizedBy	call-and-response vocals ⓘ clave-based rhythmic structure ⓘ polyrhythms ⓘ syncopated rhythms ⓘ
combinesElementOf	African rhythmic traditions ⓘ Cuban Spanish melodies ⓘ Cuban song forms ⓘ
developedInCentury	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
developedInLocation	Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana Matanzas ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin	Afro-Cubans ⓘ surface form: African diaspora in Cuba Cuba ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	clave ⓘ montuno section ⓘ tumbao bass pattern ⓘ
hasMajorInfluenceOn	Caribbean popular music ⓘ Latin jazz ⓘ New York Latin music scene ⓘ global popular music ⓘ salsa music worldwide ⓘ
hasNotableStyle	Afro-Cuban music self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afro-Cuban jazz
hasSubgenre	batá music ⓘ bolero afro-cubano ⓘ cha-cha-chá ⓘ columbia (rumba style) ⓘ guaguancó ⓘ mambo ⓘ rumba ⓘ salsa ⓘ son cubano ⓘ yambú ⓘ
influencedBy	Central African music ⓘ Cuban Spanish music ⓘ European classical music ⓘ Spanish colonial music ⓘ West African music ⓘ Yoruba religious music ⓘ
languageOfLyrics	Kikongo (liturgical) ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Yoruba (liturgical) ⓘ
relatedGenre	Afro-Caribbean music ⓘ Brazilian samba ⓘ reggaeton (through rhythmic influence) ⓘ
typicalEnsemble	charanga ⓘ conjunto ⓘ percussion ensemble ⓘ
usesInstrument	batá drums ⓘ bongos ⓘ claves ⓘ conga drums ⓘ cowbell ⓘ double bass ⓘ maracas ⓘ timbales ⓘ tres (Cuban guitar) ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ
usesRhythmicPattern	rumba clave ⓘ son clave ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Cuban music → hasNotableStyle → Afro-Cuban music self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban jazz

Sóngoro cosongo → hasTheme → Afro-Cuban music ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Cuban culture

Nicolás Guillén → influencedBy → Afro-Cuban music ⓘ

this entity surface form: son (Cuban musical genre)

Guillén → influencedBy → Afro-Cuban music ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicolás Guillén

Guillén → movement → Afro-Cuban music ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicolás Guillén

this entity surface form: Afro-Cubanism

Afro-Cubans → musicTradition → Afro-Cuban music ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban jazz