Rumba

Rumba: 1)   Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated in Africa and travelled via the slave trade to Cuba and the New World. Rumba was often danced at informal gatherings. All rhythms in this group section have a 4/4 timing unless specified differently. These rhythms follow a syncopated pattern of five counts in two musical bars called the clave de rumba. All the rumbas present a call-answer pattern among the singers, drums and drum players. The most well known rumbas, in order of tempo speed include: yambú, guaguancó, rumba columbia and rumba abierta.

2)   Rumba step is another word for Sidebreaks (see "sidebreaks").