This genealogy was created to give a broad overview of the development of Cuban music and its reciprocal influences with other countries. It does not claim to be in any way exhaustive or chronologically precise.
Cuban music has incorporated influences from France, Spain, Portugal, Africa, the United States and Great Britain, and various other sources over time. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (961x628, 10 KB) See also: genealogy of musical genres and Cuban music. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (961x628, 10 KB) See also: genealogy of musical genres and Cuban music. ... The Caribbean island of Cuba has been influential in the development of multiple musical styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...
1950-The cha-cha-cha was extremely popular. It is a slower version of the mambo ,this meant it was easier to dance to and so became known and liked very quickly
--88.105.20.16 12:07, 1 January 2006 (UTC)written by lydia
Nueva trova was a movement in Cubanmusic that emerged in the mid-1960s.
Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in the English, Irish traditional music and Scottish traditional music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants of Appalachia), as well as the music of rural African-Americans, jazz, and blues.
Son is a style of Cubanmusic which originated in the second half of the 19th century in the eastern province of Oriente.