{ "id": "cha_cha_cha", "name": "Cha-cha-chá", "family": "global", "lineage": "Cuban couple-dance and music genre invented 1953-onward in Havana from danzón-de-nuevo-ritmo modernization, named after the characteristic triple-step (one-two-cha-cha-cha) percussive-foot pattern. The canonical orquesta-charanga ensemble: solo flute (typically wooden five-key flute), three-or-four violins, contrabass, piano, timbales, congas, and güiro scraper. The tempo (around 120 BPM, moderate, danceable for non-professionals) and the simplified chord-progressions (typically I-IV-V or II-V-I in major keys) made cha-cha-chá the most accessible Cuban couple-dance for non-Cubans, fueling its massive 1950s-1960s American-and-European mainstream popularity. The structure is verse-and-montuno like son cubano, with the montuno open-improvisation section often featuring extended flute-and-violin solos over coro-pregón call-and-response.", "recipe": "classic Caribbean modern cha-cha-chá, groove Percussion, charanga danza branch, Latin am groove percussion cumbia colombiana cumbia peruana. extended whistle, full chest belt, slow rate, interlocked note trading. powell boston canonical American orchestral flute, steel norway spruce European alpine hard rock maple acer saccharum violin orchestral, cold pressed wurzen felt oversize maple tension resonator European spruce grand piano, treble-extended sustaining steel upright bass, open slap hand drum timbales, guiro, claves. pre revolutionary cuba 1944-1960 mid tier panart puchito havana pre 1959. large-diaphragm condenser, tube pre, colored vintage console, vari-mu, Pultec passive program EQ. tape 15ips.", "recipe_chars": 712, "score": 260.944, "config": { "traditions": [ "cha_cha_cha", "cumbia_colombiana", "cumbia_peruvian" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "extended_whistle_register", "voice_quality": "full_chest_belt_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected", "voice_tradition": "yoruba_tonal_vocal_tradition", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_M0_pulse_borrowed", "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_nasal_twang", "voice_speech_song": "voice_sprechgesang_notated", "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_four_plus_polyphony", "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_andean_huayno", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_meantone_quarter_comma", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_talkbox", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_mid_1960s_double_tracking_era" }, "scores": { "voice_register": 5.6274999999999995, "voice_quality": 33.60062500000001, "voice_vocal_tract": 0, "voice_effort": 0, "voice_vibrato": 2.275, "voice_articulation": 24.115000000000006, "voice_microtone": 27.560000000000002, "voice_tradition": 8.2875, "voice_mechanism_compound": 5.135, "voice_estill_quality": 5.590000000000001, "voice_speech_song": 25.220000000000002, "voice_ensemble_config": 25.610000000000003, "voice_ornament_system": 4.244375, "voice_pitch_organization": 4.355, "voice_processing_chain": 5.08, "voice_multitrack_stack": 10.394999999999998 } }, { "id": "flute", "slots": { "wind_articulation": "wind_breath_quiet", "flute_size": "piccolo_flute", "flute_material": "gold_flute", "flute_technique": "beatboxed_flute", "flute_maker_school": "flute_powell_boston" }, "scores": { "wind_articulation": 0.52, "flute_size": 1.09, "flute_material": 0.65, "flute_technique": 0.65, "flute_maker_school": 3.9 } }, { "id": "violin_orchestral", "slots": { "bowed_technique": "bowed_chopped_old_time", "orch_strings": "steel_orch", "orch_top_wood": "norway_spruce_alpine_violin", "orch_back_wood": "hard_rock_maple_violin_back", "orch_varnish": "french_polish_violin", "orch_setup_period": "baroque_setup_violin", "orch_bow": "baroque_bow", "orch_bow_stick": "brazilwood_stick_orch", "orch_articulation": "arco_orch", "orch_rosin": "bernardel_rosin_orch" }, "scores": { "bowed_technique": 1.755, "orch_strings": 1.25875, "orch_top_wood": 1.575, "orch_back_wood": 2.119375, "orch_varnish": 0.585, "orch_setup_period": 2.5999999999999996, "orch_bow": 6.89, "orch_bow_stick": 0.585, "orch_articulation": 1.4300000000000002, "orch_rosin": -0.035 } }, { "id": "grand_piano", "slots": { "keyboard_technique": "keyboard_block_chord_pop", "grand_piano_size": "grand_7_foot", "grand_piano_brand": "bosendorfer", "piano_hammer": "ronsen_wurzen_hammer", "piano_rim": "mason_hamlin_oversize_rim", "piano_soundboard": "european_spruce_soundboard", "piano_pinblock": "asian_multi_laminate_pinblock", "piano_plate": "v_pro_vacuum_cast_plate", "piano_pitch_standard": "a_442_european" }, "scores": { "keyboard_technique": 0.8999999999999999, "grand_piano_size": 1.3, "grand_piano_brand": 1.3, "piano_hammer": 1.7687499999999998, "piano_rim": 2.535, "piano_soundboard": 1.885, "piano_pinblock": -0.05, "piano_plate": 2.625, "piano_pitch_standard": 2.0149999999999997 } }, { "id": "upright_bass", "slots": { "upright_strings": "steel_upright", "upright_play": "slap_upright" }, "scores": { "upright_strings": 1.25875, "upright_play": 3.185 } }, { "id": "timbales", "slots": { "percussion_technique": "percussion_open_slap", "timbales_shell": "timbales_bronze", "timbales_context": "timbales_son" }, "scores": { "percussion_technique": 13.505625, "timbales_shell": 0.9750000000000001, "timbales_context": 3.814375 } }, { "id": "guiro", "slots": { "guiro_origin": "guiro_cuban", "guiro_striker": "guiro_comb" }, "scores": { "guiro_origin": 0.36375, "guiro_striker": 0.435 } }, { "id": "claves", "slots": { "claves_pattern": "claves_rumba", "claves_wood": "claves_rosewood" }, "scores": { "claves_pattern": 9.1, "claves_wood": 0.585 } } ], "room": "panart_puchito_havana_pre_1959", "archetype": "arch_early_tape_havana", "inline_chain": { "mic": "mic_rca_77dx_ribbon", "pre": "tube_pre", "console": "console_german_tube_50s", "comp": "comp_vari_mu", "eq": "eq_passive_program_pultec", "amp": null, "medium": "tape_15ips" }, "tuning": "son_clave_3_2", "aesthetic": null, "arrangement": null, "fx_extras": [] }, "source": { "tuning": "son_clave_3_2", "room": "panart_puchito_havana_pre_1959", "parts": { "voice_register": "mix_voice", "voice_quality": "chest_mix_belt_voice", "voice_speech_song": "voice_syllabic_singing", "voice_tradition": "modern_pop_vocal_training", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_equal_tempered_12", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed", "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_solo_accompanied", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_mid_1960s_double_tracking_era", "voice_microtone": "tempered_voice", "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_none", "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_speech", "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_single_source", "bowed_technique": "bowed_chopped_old_time", "orch_setup_period": "modern_setup_violin", "orch_bow": "modern_bow", "keyboard_technique": "keyboard_block_chord_pop", "piano_pitch_standard": "a_440_modern", "upright_play": "pizz_upright", "upright_strings": "gut_wound_upright", "percussion_technique": "percussion_hands_layered", "timbales_shell": "timbales_steel", "timbales_context": "timbales_son", "wind_articulation": "wind_continuous_legato", "flute_size": "concert_flute", "flute_material": "silver_flute", "flute_technique": "classical_flute", "guiro_origin": "guiro_cuban", "guiro_striker": "guiro_wood", "claves_pattern": "claves_son_3_2", "claves_wood": "claves_cuban_hardwood" }, "chain_mic": "mic_rca_77dx_ribbon", "chain_pre": "tube_pre", "chain_comp": "comp_vari_mu", "chain_eq": "eq_passive_program_pultec", "chain_medium": "tape_15ips", "chain_console": "console_german_tube_50s" } }