The music of latin america is the product of three major influences

Sometimes called __________, it includes the countries that have a colonial history from spain and portugal, divided into the following areas of andrean region, central america, caribbean,and brazil

Influences on latin american music

The natives were found to be using local drum and percussion instruments

The ________________ was largely functional in nature, being used for religious worships and ceremonies

The ethnic and cultural groups of the principal native americans share many similar yet distinctive music elements

Songs had a wide range of volume levels. Songs celebrate themes like harvest, planting season or other important events or occasions of the year

The african influence on latin american music is most pronounced in its rich and varied rhythmic patterns produced by drums and various percussion instruments

The different regions of latin america adopted various characteristics from their european colonizers.

Melodies of the renaissance period were used in Southern chile and the colombian pacific coasts

The result of the massive infusion of african culture also brought about the introduction of other music and dance forms such as the afro-cuban rumba, jamaican reggae, colombian cumbia, and the brazilian samba

Popular latin american music

It is a dance form of african origin around 1838 which evolved into an african-brazilian 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

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 on present-day latin american music, particularly as the forerunner of the salsa

It is a social dnce with marked influences from cuba and puerto rico that started in new york in the mid 1970s

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

Musical instruments of latin america

These are the instruments that were played during the aztec empire (c. 1345-1521 CE) and Mayan civilization (1800 BC - AD 950)

Aztec and mayan instruments

A flute variety from the aztec culture made of clay with decorations of abstract designs or images of their dieties

A mexican slit drum hollowed out and carved from a piece of hardwood with designs representing human figures or animals to be used for both religious and recreational purposes

A wind instrument made from a seashell usually of a large sea snail. It is prepared by cutting a holebin its spine near the apex, and then blown into as if it were a trumpet

A hand percussion instrument whose sound is produced by scraping a group of notched sticks with another stick, creating a series of rattling effects

A mexican upright tubular drum used by the aztecs and other ancient civilizations.

It is made of wood opened at the bottome and standing on three legs cut from the base, with its stretched skin beaten by the hand or a wooden mallet

Incan instruments

These are instruments that were being played during the civilization of inca between c. 1400 and 1533 CE in pre-columbian america, which was centered in what is now peru

The _____ built one of the largest, most tightly controlled empires the world has ever known

It is an ancient vessel flute made of clay or ceramic with four to 12 finger holes and a mouthpiece that projected from the body

Panpipes

These are ancient instruments tuned to different scalar varieties, played by blowing across the tubetop

Andean instruments

These are the instruments that were being played during the Andean Civilization (c. 3000 BCE - 1537). This civilization is considered indigenous and not derived from other civilizations mainly because they came from the river valleys of the coastal desserts of peru

It is a side blown cane flute that is played all year round

These are vertical duct flutes with a mouthpiece similar to that of a recorder, used during the rainy season

These are vertical can flutes with an end-notfhed made from fragile bamboo. They are used during the dry season

It is an extremely popular band in Mexico whose original ensemble consisted of violins, guitars, harp, and an enormous guitarron

________ music is extremely passionate and romantic with their blended harmonies and characterized by catchy rhythms

Vocal and dance forms of latin american music

A popular african courtship dance with european and african instrumentation and characteristics, originating in panama and colombia. It contains varying rhythmic meters

It is a foremost Argentinian and Uruguayan urban popular song and dance and remains a 20th century nationalistic Argentinian piece of music that is most expensive

It is a ballroom dance originated on in Cuba in 1953 that was derived from the mambo

The Cuban _____ is considered more sensual because it contains polyrhythmic patterns

It is a popular recreational dance with Afro-cuban origin

It is normally used as a ballroom dance where a couple would be in an embrace through slightly apart, with the rocking of the hips to a fast-fast-slow sequence

It is the slower and gentler version of the Cuban samba, originated in the 1950s

It is the portuguese term for "new trend"

This genre integrates melody, harmony and rhythm into swaying feel and mostly sung in a nasal manner

___________ is the foremost international figure of bossa nova

Antonio carlos jobim is the foremost international figure of bossa nova while ________ is his filipino counterpart

It is an urban popular music and dance style that originated in Jamaica in the mid 1960s

It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section

____________ is the best-known proponent of reggae who hails from Jamaica

It is a 20th century social dance that originated after 1910 in the USA

This dance had no fixed step pattern, instead borrowing from other dance forms and having a simple forward/backward sequence

It is a theatrical Spanish dance used by the spaniards in bullfights which means "double step"

The dance is arrogant and dignified where the dancer takes strong steps forward with the heels accompanied by artistic hand movements, foot stomping, sharp, and quick

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