By Jon Griffin

Description

Guaguancó is the most important of the rumba styles. Consequently it is also the favorite among both musicians and dancers. It is an improvisational style both in the dance and the music (on the quinto or high drum), but there is a basic underlying pattern that exists for them both. It is played at a moderate tempo and is always danced with a woman and a man. This is the style that you will most often see danced both in Cuba and abroad.