Selections below are MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) instrumental files.

• Adoro • Almendra • Amapola • Amor, Amor, Amor • Amor de mi Bohio • Amor Mexicano • Andalucia (The Breeze and I) • Aquellos Ojos Verdes • Boca Dulce • Canto Karabali (Jungle Drums) • Capullito de Alelí • Como la Flor • Cuando, Cuando, Cuando • Cuban Pete • Detalles • El Cumbanchero • Escándolo • El Manicero (The Peanut Vendor) • Flamingo • Flor de la Luna • Frenesi • La Carioca • La Comparsa • La Partida • Oye - ¿Cómo Va? • Patricia • Patricia (Calypso Style) • Piel Morena • Poinciana • Taboo The Rumba in its Various Forms There are several different kinds of rumbas (or "rhumbas," if you prefer). I don't pretend to know them all, but got pretty comfortable with the bolero and the guaracha, back when I took lessons at an Arthur Murray dance studio in 1950. Later I learned how to do the danzón in Havana, Cuba. Musically, all rumbas are in 4/4 time and danced with the emphasis on the first beat of each measure, which is logical since the various rhythm instruments in a rumba band - bongos, conga drum, timbales, claves, and maracas (among others) accent the first beat of the music. (I mention this because dancers accent the fourth beat of a mambo and the second beat of the chachachá, dances based on the rumba, but which came into being after the rumba had been around for many decades.) The bolero is traditionally a slow, romantic rumba, with the lyrics being a love song of some kind, and where the dancers almost always remain in physical contact with one another. Conversely, the guaracha is a fast rumba in which the dancers rarely touch, and in which they imitate the mating ritual of a rooster pursuing a hen. As a theatrical or night club performance, the man wears a shirt with large ruffled sleeves while the woman wears a gown split down the front and having lots of feather-like ruffles in the back. Other types of rumba are the guajira and the son, the latter of which I'd describe as a rumba whose dance tempo falls somewhere between the bolero and the guaracha. My personal favorite is the bolero, when danced with the right person. The above selections have been created (sequenced) on an electronic keyboard connected to a PC, and saved as computer MIDI files. The files can be copied to a CD, but will not work in a regular audio CD player or "boombox." However, they can be played via any standard computer. Downloading Information Internet Explorer users should right-click the song and choose "Save Target As..." Netscape and Firefox users should right-click it and choose "Save Link Target As..." Latin-American MIDIs Boleros, Danzones   Canciones Variadas   Mambos, ChaChaChas   Cumbias, Merengues   Paso Dobles Rancheras, Corridos   Sambas, Bossa Novas   Tangos Full Sound Voice & Orchestra WAVs, etc.