In gastronomy, the sauce is used to accompany pasta and other foods.
Sauce is a mixture made up of several edible substances that is used to season or dress foods . On the other hand, the notion refers to a dance musical genre , with Afro-Cuban influence, which is performed by traditional Caribbean instruments.
As you can see, the term has two totally different meanings. One is linked to gastronomy and the other, to music .
Sauce in gastronomy
Regarding its connection with gastronomy , there are various types of sauces. They are generally used to accompany pasta, such as noodles, gnocchi, ravioli or any other.
The best known are white sauce (made with flour and margarine), bolognese or bolognese sauce (can be made with minced meat or textured soy, tomato and spices) and mayonnaise or mayonnaise sauce (made from oil and milk). soy or also with oil and egg). Other kinds are pink sauce , tartar sauce , and Provençal sauce , for example.
Its meaning in music
As a musical genre , salsa was born in the mid- 1960s between New York and Puerto Rico . Of course, its antecedents are much more remote. The first salsa performers (the name, as can be assumed, comes from the integration of different components) appealed to combinations between mambo , guaracha and Latin jazz , among other rhythms.
The roots of salsa do not come from a specific point but from several because this musical genre is the result of the fusion of various aspects of the musical culture of various ethnicities ; We can mainly mention Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Puerto Rico and certain neighborhoods in the cities of Miami and New York in the United States.
A key aspect in the development of salsa was the exile of many Cubans following the revolution led by Fidel Castro . The Cubans took their rhythms as son and mixed them with others, contributing to the development of salsa. This same fact makes many socialist Cubans consider that salsa, as a musical genre with its own specificities, does not exist, but rather is a commercial version of son.
Dance as a musical genre emerged in the 1960s.
Historical development of salsa
The name given to it comes from a song called "Échale Salsita" and sung by the Cuban Ignacio Piñeiro in 1933 ; It not only presented a new melody but included the trumpet for the first time in this musical style and had a more danceable touch. It is worth mentioning that in Caribbean music terms such as "salsa" , "sabor" and "sugar" have always been used as interjections to motivate the public to dance and get excited.
The commercial success of this genre took place in the 70s , when it began to be marketed and present especially in spaces for dance fans ; Since then and even today, it is one of the most popular dance styles in all of America and has even crossed the ocean and become present in many different parts of the globe.
In any case, it is important to note that salsa is often spoken of as a certain musical style , however the term refers to a varied set of rhythms and styles that share their origin and whose purpose is to brighten the atmosphere. Celia Cruz herself, a Cuban singer of this genre, once expressed that it was Cuban music under another name and that it included styles such as mambo, chachachá, rumba , son ; This explains why salsa has a varied and heterogeneous rhythmic quality.
In any case, before this happened, this genre was slowly being built, taking things from the various musics that formed it , such as boleros, habaneras and, in recent years, the rhythms introduced by more contemporary music such as dance, from which salsa has taken many things to modernize and always remain alive and present in all the clubs and places where people come to dance and have fun .