2nd Latin-American Flashcards

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1
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This music exploded in popularity with Luis Fonsi’s song “______”

A

Despacito

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2
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This is the second most viewed on YouTube and it won numerous awards.

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Despacito

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3
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Is a vital part of understanding the history and people of Latin America

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Music

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4
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The region’s _____ and _____ are a product of cultural exchanges.

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Diversity, Complexity

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5
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Native groups used music and dances as ______

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Integral parts of daily life.

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6
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It is the most important element of Latin music.

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Polyrhythm

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7
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One of the rights given to African slaves was to

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Perform their drums.

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8
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Latin music roots trace back from ancient American civilization as a ___________ music

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Mayan and Andean

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9
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They arrived in Latin America in the 15th century. They introduced new instruments like the Spanish guitar which is actually a moor descent.

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Columbus and the Europeans

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10
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Paired of small open-bottomed drums of different sizes.

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Bongos

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Empty gourd with a ragged surface that produces a rasping sound when scrapped with a stick.

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Guiro

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12
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Ancient vessel flute of 4-12 finger holes and a mouthpiece projecting from its body.

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Ocarina

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Tall narrow single-headed drum staved like barrels

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Conga

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A pair of short wooden sticks that produce a bright clicking noise when it’s stuck together.

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Claves

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A pan flute made up of a series of cane tubes bound together.

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Zampona

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16
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Cumbia music in Colombia started as a _______ performed among the slave communities and was later combined with European instruments.

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Courtship dance

17
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It is a ballroom dance

A

Tango

18
Q

It was developed by the ______ in Argentina and Uruguay and transformed into a ______.

A

Urban lower classes
Distinctive cultural identity

19
Q

It originated from the word rumbear which means good times, going to parties, and dancing.

A

Rumba

20
Q

Rumba grew in ____ and developed in the _____

A

Cuba
Caribbean islands

21
Q

a fast rhythmic ballroom dance

A

Cha-cha

22
Q

Bossa nova originated in _____

A

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

23
Q

Bossa nova fused _____ with indigenous Brazilian music.

A

Jazz elements

24
Q

Bossa nova is Portuguese for _____ it spurted from college students and university radio stations.

A

New trend

25
Q

Started when Jamaican musicians heard New Orleans RnB through transistor radios.

A

Reggae

26
Q

It developed their own up-tempo variation with skittering guitar and syncopated rhythms called ska.

A

Reggae

27
Q

These music can be heard live along famous beaches. These music styles are versatile.

A

Bossa nova and reggae music

28
Q

Example of an musician that wrote reggae music

A

Bob Marley

29
Q

It talks about social and political issues while another band called Magic! Performed love songs.

A

Reggae

30
Q

Was named an international intangible cultural heritage treasure by the United Nations in 2018.

A

Reggae

31
Q

Give bossa nova singers and artists

A
  • Sitti
  • Sofia
  • Richard poon
  • Tropical Depression
  • Brown Man Revival
  • Black yak
32
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Began in the theater houses in New York.

A

Foxtrot

33
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A Californian vaudeville actor.

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Harry fox