Genre LensWhat is Cumbia?
Colombian-born dance rhythm heard across Latin America. A steady, swaying two-step beat with a scraped güiro, accordion or keyboard melodies and a relaxed, rolling bass.
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Identify my track- steady swaying two-step beat
- scraped güiro
- accordion or keyboard melody
- rolling bass
Anchors rather than an exhaustive canon — if your track sits near these, this is probably the right label.
Usual tempo 85–110 BPM. Sitting outside that range does not disqualify a track; it just makes the tells matter more.
The nearest neighbours in Latin, by tempo. If Cumbia does not quite fit, one of these usually does.
- Trova60–120 BPM
Latin American singer-songwriter song, rooted in Cuba. A voice and acoustic guitar carrying poetic, often romantic or political lyrics, with the words at the centre.
- Regional Mexican90–200 BPM
Mexican regional traditions — banda brass bands, accordion-led norteño and mariachi. Tuba bass, brass or accordion leads and big, emotional vocals.
- Reparto90–110 BPM
Cuban street music. Reggaetón-style beats mixed with Cuban rhythms and timba, rough, rapid vocals full of Havana slang, and a raw, party-first sound.
- Xote / Forró90–140 BPM
Dance music from north-east Brazil. Accordion, zabumba drum and triangle in a swinging two-step; xote is the slower, swaying rhythm within it.