https://www.latinmixtube.com/ Long form Latin instrumental mixes from the GowiththeFLOW channel, with guides to salsa, bachata, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban music, merengue, cumbia, salsaton and bolero. en-GB Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:47:43 +0000 Latin Mix Tube 2026 Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/contact (Latin Mix Tube) https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/salsaton https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/salsaton Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Salsaton puts salsa horns, montuno and clave over a reggaeton dembow. How the two rhythms interlock, where the friction sits, why the tempo lands near 130, and how to hear it. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/salsa https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/salsa Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What salsa actually is: the 2-3 and 3-2 clave, the piano montuno, the bass tumbao, the mambo and the coro, and how salsa dura differs from salsa romantica. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/merengue https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/merengue Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How Dominican merengue works: the tambora pattern, the continuous guira, the accordion in merengue tipico, the marcha and jaleo sections, and why the tempo runs so high. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/latin-jazz https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/latin-jazz Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What separates Latin jazz from swing: straight quavers instead of triplet feel, clave based percussion, the montuno under the soloist, and how Afro-Cuban jazz differs from Brazilian jazz. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/cumbia https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/cumbia Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Where cumbia came from on the Colombian Caribbean coast, the gaita and tambor alegre, the characteristic shuffle, and how Mexican, Peruvian and Argentine cumbia diverged from it. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/bolero https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/bolero Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The Cuban bolero: where it came from in Santiago de Cuba, the cinquillo figure, bolero son and bolero moruno, and why it is not the same as the Spanish or Ravel bolero. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/bachata https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/bachata Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How bachata is built: requinto and segunda guitar roles, bongo and guira, the bass line, the tap on the fourth beat, and how traditional, modern and sensual bachata differ. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/afro-cuban https://www.latinmixtube.com/genres/afro-cuban Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The Afro-Cuban foundations: rumba and its three forms, the bata drum trio, guaguanco and columbia, the six eight bell, and how these traditions feed salsa, timba and Latin jazz. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/spanish-guitar-instrumental-flamenco https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/spanish-guitar-instrumental-flamenco Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How flamenco guitar works: the twelve beat compas of solea and buleria, rasgueado and picado technique, the Phrygian cadence, and how it differs from classical Spanish guitar. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/son-cubano-instrumental-music https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/son-cubano-instrumental-music Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Son cubano explained: the tres guitar and its three doubled courses, the anticipated bass, the bongo martillo, and how the son montuno structure became the basis of salsa. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/siempre-llega-nochebuena https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/siempre-llega-nochebuena Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How tempo choice interacts with a room across an evening: warm up ranges, the peak window, the descent, and why the same track can succeed at eleven and fail at eight. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/salsa-y-cumbia-instrumental-mix https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/salsa-y-cumbia-instrumental-mix Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Salsa and cumbia are rhythmically unrelated but sequence beautifully. Why the tempo gap works, what the cumbia shuffle does to a room, and how to move between the two. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/salsa-jazz-instrumental-mix https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/salsa-jazz-instrumental-mix Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How salsa and jazz combine: the montuno as a constraint on the soloist, why walking bass will not fit, harmonic movement a dance band would avoid, and how to tell the two apart. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/salsa-hits-mashup https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/salsa-hits-mashup Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Why some salsa tracks work for social dancing and others do not: predictable montuno entries, stable clave direction, tempo consistency and audible section markers. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/sabor-de-la-habana https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/sabor-de-la-habana Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Why Cuban and New York salsa sound different: the political break, separate development into timba and romantica, differences in bass, piano and horn writing, and how to hear it. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/sabor-cubano-a-bailar https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/sabor-cubano-a-bailar Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How the coro and the sonero work together in a Cuban salsa montuno: fixed refrain against improvised answer, where the pregon comes from, and what happens in an instrumental version. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/ritmos-de-rumba-y-salsa https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/ritmos-de-rumba-y-salsa Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How a rumba and salsa percussion mix works: the three conga roles in guaguanco, what the quinto is improvising against, and how folkloric drumming feeds a salsa arrangement. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/noche-buena-salsa-navidena https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/noche-buena-salsa-navidena Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The rural Cuban Christmas tradition: punto guajiro, the improvised ten line decima, the laud and tres, and what happens when that material meets a salsa arrangement. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/noche-buena-merengue-navideno https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/noche-buena-merengue-navideno Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Why merengue is the practical choice for a crowded family party: a step that needs no space, no clave to track, instant participation, and short blocks to manage stamina. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/navidad-de-mi-alma-salsa https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/navidad-de-mi-alma-salsa Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How a salsa arrangement stays alive at low volume: conga hand technique, cascara instead of bell, thinner horn voicing, and why dynamics in Latin music are about density. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/merengue-instrumental-music https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/merengue-instrumental-music Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Instrumental merengue explained: the diatonic button accordion in merengue tipico, the tambora pattern, the continuous guira, and why instrumental merengue lives in the jaleo. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/me-quede-en-el-tiempo-bolero https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/me-quede-en-el-tiempo-bolero Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Why a bolero needs freedom: phrasing against the pulse, the cinquillo underneath, what an instrumental bolero has to inherit from a singer, and the trio guitar tradition. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/luz-de-navidad-salsa https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/luz-de-navidad-salsa Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What makes an original Latin Christmas song work: avoiding carol harmony, keeping the montuno, seasonal imagery without novelty, and why bells are a trap. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/latin-salsa-tropical-mix https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/latin-salsa-tropical-mix Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The tribal salsa sound explained: bata derived cycles under a salsa arrangement, why it suits a bar at half volume, and what to listen for in the percussion. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/latin-jazz-background-music https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/latin-jazz-background-music Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Why mid tempo Afro-Cuban jazz suits work, study and cafe settings: no lyric competing for language processing, narrow dynamic range, and harmony that rewards attention if you give it. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/fiesta-cubana-happy-latin-mix https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/fiesta-cubana-happy-latin-mix Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Four Cuban dance styles that often share a playlist: how salsa, timba, guaracha and son mambo differ in bass, piano, arrangement density and what they ask of a dancer. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/el-mes-de-diciembre-cumbia https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/el-mes-de-diciembre-cumbia Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Why cumbia absorbs new contexts so easily: simple harmony, a fixed accent pattern, tolerance of any instrumentation, and how that makes seasonal cumbia straightforward. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/corazon-cubano-soulful-son-salsa https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/corazon-cubano-soulful-son-salsa Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What a guajeo is, how the tres plays interlocking figures against the clave, how the piano montuno inherited the role, and why these patterns feel like they are turning over. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/contigo-es-navidad-salsa https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/contigo-es-navidad-salsa Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How a salsa song is laid out: introduction, verses, puente, the move into the montuno, mambo horn sections, moña, and the final coro. A section by section map. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/christmas-latin-music-mix https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/christmas-latin-music-mix Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What Latin Christmas music actually is: the Puerto Rican parranda, the aguinaldo song form, Cuban Nochebuena traditions, and why the season is danceable rather than solemn. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/cha-cha-cha-music-cuban-rhythms https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/cha-cha-cha-music-cuban-rhythms Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Where cha-cha-cha came from, how it grew out of the danzon-mambo through Enrique Jorrin's work, why the name is onomatopoeic, and what the guiro and piano are doing. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/bajo-las-luces-de-navidad https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/bajo-las-luces-de-navidad Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How a seasonal bachata is built: the requinto answering the vocal, the guira and bongo underneath, tempo choice for a romantic register, and how bachata borrows from bolero. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/bajo-la-luz-del-pesebre https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/bajo-la-luz-del-pesebre Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Salsa romantica examined: shorter montunos, softer horn voicing, forward vocal placement, longer song sections, and why the style divides opinion so sharply. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/baila-sin-parar-salsa-cubana https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/baila-sin-parar-salsa-cubana Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How Cuban salsa dancing differs: casino's circular lead, the rueda de casino with called figures, the contratiempo timing debate, and what the music does to support it. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/alma-de-son-cuban-salsa https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/alma-de-son-cuban-salsa Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Where son cubano came from: changui in the Guantanamo region, the marimbula, the move west to Havana, and how a rural form became a national and then international music. Latin Mix Tube https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/4-hour-latin-instrumental-music-mix https://www.latinmixtube.com/blog/4-hour-latin-instrumental-music-mix Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How a multi hour Latin instrumental mix is built: energy blocks, where cumbia and bolero go, why merengue is a spike rather than a base, and what breaks a long set. Latin Mix Tube