<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The music of Cuba, including its instruments, performance and dance, comprises a large set of unique traditions influenced mostly by west African and European (especially Spanish) music . Due to the syncretic nature of most of its genres, Cuban music is often considered one of the richest and most influential regional musics of the world . For instance, the son cubano merges an adapted Spanish guitar (tres), melody, harmony, and lyrical traditions with Afro - Cuban percussion and rhythms . Almost nothing remains of the original native traditions, since the native population was exterminated in the 16th century . </P> <P> Since the 19th century Cuban music has been hugely popular and influential throughout the world . It has been perhaps the most popular form of regional music since the introduction of recording technology . Cuban music has contributed to the development of a wide variety of genre and musical styles around the globe, most notably in Latin America, the Caribbean, West Africa and Europe . Examples include rhumba, Afro - Cuban jazz, salsa, soukous, many West African re-adaptations of Afro - Cuban music (Orchestra Baobab, Africando), Spanish fusion genres (notably with flamenco), and a wide variety of genres in Latin America . </P>

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