Salsa-Kompa is the Haitian style of the Salsa
music, characterised by typical instruments:
Piano, bongos, congas, timbales,
trumpet, trombone, claves, cowbell, maracas, güiro,
Jam block, double bass,
flute, bass
guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, saxophone, vibraphone, violin, tres, cuatro.
The only difference between the two genres is that the regular Salsa is sung in Spanish while Salsa-Kompa is sung by Haitian Kompa Singers in Haitian Creole.