Salsa

Question 1

What instruments are in Salsa?

Answer 1

Vocals (salsa singers are typically called soneros)
Piano.
Guitar or tres (a Cuban musical instrument similar to guitar)
Trumpet.
Trombone.
Saxophone.
Double bass.
Congas.

Question 2

What does Salsa originate from?

Answer 2

Cuban dance music, Eastern Cuba

Question 3

What is syncopation?

Answer 3

a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat (that was from a dictionary :D)

Question 4

What is fusion?

Answer 4

Fusion music describes what happens when musical styles are combined together to make something new. Fusion music usually combines two different styles. Successful fusion music is often controversial as it tries to combine the traditional and the new, mixing things up.

So basically you shove 2 music styles on top of each other

Question 5

What is call and response?

Answer 5

When someone plays something and someone else responds with a different pattern

Question 6

What is Mambo?

Answer 6

Where an instrument improvises a tune.