Cha-chacha: A mambo rhythm which supposedly takes its name from the sound of the dancers' feet.

Salsa: A type of music and dance with a name coined by Johnny Pacheco, founder of New York's Fania label.

Rumba: A music made up of call and response singing and a rhythm backing, sometimes played on suitcases, boxes and wardrobes. Has close links to Africa.

Danzon: One of the first developments of Afro-European music, this 19th-century style evolved when European country dances were adapted by charanga orchestras (see below) and Cuban composers.

Mambo: Once this section was added to the danzon, it developed into an up-tempo dance.

Son: Eastern Cuban peasant music with Spanish and African roots.

Songo: Contemporary son style that has borrowed heavily from jazz and funk.

Guajira: A song form played on tres (see below) with percussion.

Areito: Originally the name of an indigenous Cuban Indian religious ceremony, the word now describes a carnival rhythm and a record label.

Clave: Both the basic rhythm for son, rumba and salsa and the name for two wooden sticks used to bang out either "one-two, one-two-three" or "one-twothree one-two".

Pilon: A rhythm particularly popular in the 1960s that copied the movements used in shelling coffee.

Guaguaguanco: A style of rumba.

Conga: Three hand drums - the quinto, conga and tumba.

Guiro: Calabash with carved, ridged side.

Bata: A two-headed drum of the Nigerian Yoruba tribe.

Bongos: A small drum held between the knees.

Tres: Cuban guitar with six strings laid out in pairs.

Cajon: A wooden box used in the rumba rhythm section.

Maracas: Bean-filled gourd.

Musica campesina: Cuban country music - Celina Gonzalez is a big star.

Charanga: A set band line-up consisting of violins, cello, flute bass, timbales and guiro.

Sexteto: Band line-up consisting of tres, guitar, bass bongos, maracas and claves. In 1927 Felix Chappotin arrived with his trumpet and the sexteto became a septeto.