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Musica Cubana – El Ritmo Son

The Son as a musical genre emerged in the late 19th century through the training of Cuban citizenship and became very popular during the Carnival festivities in Santiago de Cuba. Around 1892, the interpretation of Manfugás Nene, a musician playing an instrument Rustic three double strings and a wooden box "Three, has the kind known if the three became a symbol of the Son that continues to this day.

Initially Son musical structure is based on the constant repetition of a section called montuno, alternating harmonic improvisation of a soloist. It was played by strings and drums in a format that has not changed much: three guitars, bongos, maracas, claves and, at the very beginning of the marimba was used but has been replaced by low when the rate moved to urban areas. During the first decades of the 20th century spread Son across the island due to migration Interior and such music was taken from the places where he got up and went to other regions, including Havana, for the first time in the quartets and sextets later. Among the most popular groups were the Sexteto Habanero, which differs to be the first to include the trumpet, and the National Septet Ignacio Pineiro.

The son has always been a dance of the lower classes, and was prohibited for a period because the government considered immoral. When he could enter the ballroom in Havana and other major cities, and with the help of the recording and radio coverage, the Son was not exclusive apartment buildings, and since 1920, this rate has held danzón, the national dance, not only popular taste but also in important events. While this was happening in the western part of the country, is the Son has made a unique sound performed by the Trio Matamoros, which in 1928 recorded her first album, and the Son in the pace of the most popular dance in the world with American popular song 'Sound of Loma. The Son has a wide range of rhythmic expression: the Son Montuno, the Changüí, Havana Son Cry Son, and the Sucu Sucu, among others.

In 1930, Don Azpiazu band and singer Antonio Machin made in the United States and Europe, starting the process of internationalization of its kind. World's first hit was the cry Son "The Peanut Vendor" (The Peanut Vendor), written Moses Simon. The Septet Nacional Ignacio Pineiro had a performance at the World Exposition in Chicago in 1933 and became a huge success. The pop group Arsenio Rodriguez, in 1940 (musical director adds drums and piano) and Benny Moré giant band during the 1950s led to the production of watches Son.

In late 60s and early 70s, Los Van Van has renewed the mix of the Son with electronic music. Juan Formell presented a drum kit, three trombones electric bass singers and groups of Cuban music. large groups came to life through the Son, as Son 14, Adalberto Alvarez y su Son, NG La Band among others, the bands that have lost their importance, but the contributions that have enriched the sound of the genre.

The Son is, without doubt, the musical genre from Cuba, which has influenced Salsa Latin Moreover, not only in terms of instrumental sound, but also in the musical structure. Such an influence that many have confused the two rhythms with the same phenomenon, but in reality, the Cuban son is "the most sublime music of the soul to enjoy" (Toward a song Son).

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This brief history of Cuban Son music was written by a Cuba travel expert from Cuba For Less, a specialist in fully customizable Cuba vacation packages.