Salsa Instuments

Salsa Instruments used

   When you stop and really listen to the music being played in Salsa, you hear a lot of instruments being played; but do you know what the name of the instrument or what does it do? There are many Salsa instruments being used in Salsa such as, Brass instruments, String instruments, percussion instruments, and so much more.
    In the percussion section there's timbales, Tumba drums, Congo, Bongo, Quinto & Requinto drums. The percussion section is considered the most important section in a salsa band. The Claves are one of the most important instruments, the clave are two sticks and when you hit it, it makes a high pitch and a low pitch sound. The Clave is hard to hear, but its the Clave that tells not just the orchestra but also the dancers the rhythm of the music and when to start dancing. Percussion plays the harmony, they are the ones who makes the rhythm. The
    The brass section in a Salsa band are the Trumpets, Trombones, and Saxophones. The brass sections follows the rhythm of The brass section they're are the melody. There the ones who play the melody, it completes the music and makes it sounds like something beautiful when its combined.
     The rest of the instruments that are used are to make up the whole salsa rhythm and music, making it sound complete. There the string section which is, the guitar, the keyboard and the bass.
     Next time you listen to Salsa, listen to all the different beats and instruments and all the different sounds that make up Salsa music.

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