Skip to content
Coro
Feedback

Where salsa comes from

Quiz

0/15 answered
  1. 1.Which style is most often called the direct musical parent of salsa?
  2. 2.Where does the “break step” in salsa dancing ultimately come from?
  3. 3.Which record label is most credited with turning “salsa” into a marketing label for Latin dance music in the 1960s–70s?
  4. 4.What is the main difference between LA style (“On1”) and New York style (“On2”) salsa?
  5. 5.Which best describes the historical debate over the word “salsa”?
  6. 6.Which traditions mixed in Cuba to start it all?
  7. 7.What is coro singing?
  8. 8.What is the tres?
  9. 9.Who added conga drums and more horns to son in the 1940s?
  10. 10.Which cousin was Cuba's elegant, orchestra-style dance music?
  11. 11.Which cousin is drum-only music that stayed closest to its African roots?
  12. 12.How did mambo start?
  13. 13.What did cha-cha-chá do to mambo?
  14. 14.What does “Nuyorican” mean?
  15. 15.Where does salsa caleña come from?

Sources