the body motin itslef differs form the body motion when dancing salsa. Son uses fewer turn pattrens in general and the body motion that drags out the 4 over the 1 is very important, the movement of the shoulders. And then there is NY2 which is danced 1,2, 5,6,7 but with the 'break step' on 2. Salsa can be danced a tiempo 1,2,3 5,6,7 or contratiempo. All of these old Cuban dances are contratiempo. It is danced contratiempo, which is to say that it is dances 2,3,4 6,7,8 as are mambo, chachacha and changüí. And some new songs by New York and Puerti Rican artists are oure son rather than salsa.Īs for the dance, yes son is danced differently than salsa. If you listen to old CDs by Chapottín or Benny Moré you will hear a mix of styles including son, mambo and chachacha.Ī lot of the songs done by salsa groups are remakes of some of these old sones. Other groups that keeps son alive are Sierra Maestra and Jóvenes Clásicos del Son. I really like it and is has a nice variety of son as well as a few other genres such as chachacha and changüí (also Cuban music styles). There is a CD Called Cuban Soul by a group called Asere. Arsenio Rodriguez was the man behind most of this.

In the 1940s it became popular in Havana as well and made it's way to New York, Mexico and Europe. Son developed in the eastern part of Cuba around Santiago de Cuba at about the turn of the 1900 century. It is a son montuno and quite slow, as son montunos often are.

One of the best known son songs is Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club.

There are anumber of different types of son. Although in some circles people refer to salsa as mambo, very little of the muisc played today is actually based on mambo. The vast majority of salsa today is either a son or a guaracha (another Cuban music genre) mixed with other elements. Salsa is a mixture and one of the main ingredientes is son.

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