A variant of Jota is popular, as is Latin music, which has left its mark in the form of the timple guitar.
There has been a strong connection with Cuban music, Venezuelan, Puerto Rican, and other Caribbean countries both through commerce and migration.
Instruments include charangas, timples (similar to a cavaquinho / ukulele), castanets, panderetas, lauds and guitars.
A peculiar ensemble in El Hierro island is made of pito herreño players (a wooden transverse flute) and drums.
Joyful music for carnival lies to a big extent on brass bands and Latin American patterns.