The music of Latin America is a faithful reflection of the dynamic nature of human nature. Its form, melody, rhythm and instrumentation have historically been marked by the constant transformation produced by the interethnic mixture of beliefs, sounds and symbols, and powerfully influenced by the combination of preexisting social practices that generate new structures, objects and sound practices in a constant becoming of change and continuity. In this context of multicultural identity, "A tres bandas" offers, from the hand of 23 prestigious specialists, a complete panorama of the complex reality of Latin American music, the fruit of five centuries of miscegenation, syncretism and hybridization. From Argentina to Mexico, from the lounge music to the musical expressions of the Mapuche, from the zamacueca to the rock, the reader is invited to make an exciting journey from two fundamental axes: a historical and critical review of the mix of races , beliefs and mergers occurred in the convergence of African, indigenous and Hispanic cultures, and the result of this process in the cities, instruments and social practices linked to music. The book is accompanied by a CD with 25 examples that illustrate the contents of the text.