2nd Quarter Music

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It is a term used to describe the fusion of West American with Black American music

Afrobeat

It is a musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style, used to wake up the sorshippers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan

Apala (Akpala)

It is a popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the Afro-Carribean styles of the marcha, reggae, and calypso, and is played by carnival bands

Axe

It is a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment, influenced by the mbira-based guitar styles

Jit

It is a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a form of swing dance

Jive

It is a popular music style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms, where the instruments are more Western in origin. A drum kit, keyboard, pedal style guitar, and accordion are used along with the traditional dum-dum (talking drum or squeez drum)

Juju

It is a dance style begun in Zaire in the late 1980's, popularized by Kanda Bongo Man, In this dance style, the hips move back and forth while the arms follow the hip movements

Kwasa-Kwasa

It is a South African three-chord township music of the 1930's - 1960's which evolved into African Jazz. It is characterized by simple chords in varying vamping patterns and repetitive harmony over an extended period of time

Marabi

It is a Jamaican musical style that was strongly influenced by the island's traditional mento music, as well as by calypso, African music, American jazz, and rhythm and blues. One of reggae's most distinctive qualities is its offbeat rhythm and stacato chords

Reggae

It is a social dance with marked influences from Cuba and Puerto Rico that started in New York in the mid 1970's. Its style contains elements from the swing dance and hustle as well as the complex Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean dance forms of pachanga and guaguanco

Salsa

It is a dance form of African origins around 1838 which evolved into an African-Brazillian invention in the working class and slum districts of Rio de Janeiro. Its lively rhythm was meant to be executed for singing, dancing, and parading in the carnival

Samba

It is a fusion of the popular music or canciones (songs) of Spain and the African rumba rhythms of Bantu origin. Originating in Cuba, it is usually played with the guitar, contrabass, bongos, maracas, and claves. Its most important legacy is its influence to present-day Latin American music, particularly as the forerunner of the salsa

Son

It is also known as the "soul of calypso". It orginated as a fusion of calypso with the indian rhythms, thus combining the musical traditions of the two major ethnic groups of Trinidad and Tobago. It is a modern Trinidadian and Tobagonian pop music combining soul and calypso music

Soca

It is a Muslim music often performed as a wake-up call for early breakfast and prayers during Ramadan celebrations. Relying on pre-arranged music, it fuses the African and European music styles

Were

It is the combination of strong rhythms of African percussion instruments and Portuguese melodies. This form of music is being paraded along the streets by up to 100 participants

Maracatu

It is one of the most widely performed musical forms of the late 19th century. The melodies of blues are expressive and soulful. The slaves and their descendants used to sing these as they work in the field

Blues

It is a popular music genre of the 1950's and 1960's which originated in the African American community throughout the United States. It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz

Soul

It originated in the United States and created by African-American slaves. It is also known as "Negro Spiritual". It became a means of imparting Christian values and a way of venting their hardships as slaves

Spiritual

It is likened to a question and answer sequence in human communication. The slaves used to sing these song while simultaneously doing all their task in a day

Call and Response

20th Century Music

Kirk Christler Torio · 51問 · 1年前

20th Century Music