
The Tenth, a way to compose songs of Spanish origin, where there are ten lines with eightsyllables each, so this was the basis of many styles Hispanics.
The African influence is alsocentral to Latin American rhythms, and is the basis of the Cuban Rumba, Bomba, Plena from Puerto Rico, Colombian Cumbia, Samba, Marimba Ecuadorian and Peruvian various stylessuch as celebration, landau, panalivio, socabón, Son de los diablos, Toro Mata. In Peru, there are regions where African musical influence mingles with the gypsy. Examples are all over thenorth and center of the country in the rhythms of beats as zamacueca, marina and Resbalosa.One of the rarest musical miscegenation is the African influence that nurtures the culture ofAndean America, giving rise to tondero rhythms like the Peruvian vals and cumanana.