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charango

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mandolin like instrument with 5 pairs of strings brought by Spanish colonizers

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Annual music competition of steel bands from Trinidad and Tobago.

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panorama

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small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin

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tamborim

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David is one of the most successful calypsonians of all time.

He is one of the few singers to write his own songs.

He helped usher a new era of calypso music.
T&T

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David rudder

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genre of the Caribbean that is usually identified with Trinidad and Tobago
ABOUT THE MESSAGE
T&T

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Calypso

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norteño band

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Los Tigres del Norte

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Alejandra Guzman

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Queen of Mexican rock

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Peruvian harp with a large resonating box

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Andean harp

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small ensemble consisting of two bandoneón, two violins, one piano, and one double bass.
Argentina

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sexteto tipica

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Los Jairas

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one the mot famous Bolivian folk bands

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panorama

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Annual music competition of steel bands from Trinidad and Tobago.

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caixa

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snare drum

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long bass drum

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surdo

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adaptation of the European bass drum.

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bombo

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snare drum

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caixa

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Mana

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Mexican rock band from guadalajara

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Carlos Gardél

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greatest tango singer of all time
Sang to guitar rather than orchestral accompaniment
Argentina

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Astor Piazzolla

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tango composer. bandoneón player

Argentina

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reco-reco

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metal scraper

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Gayap

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Tradition of people gathering together to complete a task. Afterwards, there is a gathering of food and music making in celebration of the task completion.
T&T

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Chantwell

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A lead singer or master of ceremonies, who would sing one line which the others would answer in chorus as they worked. It was usually a female leading the song as they worked in the plantations.
T&T

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tango composer. bandoneón player

Argentina

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Astor Piazzolla

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Mexican rock band from guadalajara

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Mana

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notched-ended flute

The most important pre-hispanic instrument.

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quena

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Susana Baca
singer and most most important figure in Afro-Peruvian music.
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agogo
double cowbell
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Roaring Lion’s name is Raphael de Leon He is one of the major figures of early calypso music T&T
Roaring lion
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Vicente Fernandez
ranchera superstar
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ranchera superstar
Vicente Fernandez
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Slinger Francisco is known as the Mighty Sparrow. He is known as the Calypso King of the World. T&T
Mighty sparrow
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generic name for “shaker” in Portuguese
chocalho
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Calypso
genre of the Caribbean that is usually identified with Trinidad and Tobago ABOUT THE MESSAGE T&T
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tamborim
small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin
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style of music that has its roots ballads that retold the battles of the Mexican-American war Mexico
norteño
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norteño
style of music that has its roots ballads that retold the battles of the Mexican-American war Mexico
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percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines along the notches to produce a ratchet sound.
guiro
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quena
notched-ended flute | The most important pre-hispanic instrument.
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Queen of Mexican rock
Alejandra Guzman
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Los Tigres del Norte
norteño band
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Vicente Fernandez’s son. He is more of a pop artist
Alejandro Fernandez
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Regarded as the first superstar of soca from Montserrat. Arrow, whose real name was Alphonsus Cassell, was among the best-known artists of Caribbean-born soca, a fusion music with roots in calypso.
arrow
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David rudder
David is one of the most successful calypsonians of all time. He is one of the few singers to write his own songs. He helped usher a new era of calypso music. T&T
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A lead singer or master of ceremonies, who would sing one line which the others would answer in chorus as they worked. It was usually a female leading the song as they worked in the plantations. T&T
Chantwell
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Canboulay
means burning cane in French. Canboulay is the opening torchlight of the procession of the carnival celebration T&T
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double cowbell
agogo
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box shaped accordion | Argentina
bandoneón
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surdo
long bass drum
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Juan Gabriel
Composer, arranger, singer and TV star with an excellent understanding of Mexican regional music.
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Tradition of people gathering together to complete a task. Afterwards, there is a gathering of food and music making in celebration of the task completion. T&T
Gayap
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pipes typically made out of bamboo | Peru
panpipes
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Mighty sparrow
Slinger Francisco is known as the Mighty Sparrow. He is known as the Calypso King of the World. T&T
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T&T
carnival
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panpipes
pipes typically made out of bamboo | Peru
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Mariachi Vargas
group founded in the 1930 and still considered to be the best in Mexico.
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mandolin like instrument with 5 pairs of strings brought by Spanish colonizers
charango
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arrow
Regarded as the first superstar of soca from Montserrat. Arrow, whose real name was Alphonsus Cassell, was among the best-known artists of Caribbean-born soca, a fusion music with roots in calypso. T&T
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Roaring lion
Roaring Lion’s name is Raphael de Leon He is one of the major figures of early calypso music T&T
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greatest tango singer of all time Sang to guitar rather than orchestral accompaniment Argentina
Carlos Gardél
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soca
Soca is a mix of calypso and Indo-Caribbean music. Soca is known as the “Soul of Calypso”. T&T
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bandoneón
box shaped accordion | Argentina
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urban style of music that emerged alongside the new towns and cities in the early decades of the century Mexico
ranchera
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Mariachi
a type of traditional folk music | Mexico
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chocalho
generic name for “shaker” in Portuguese
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sexteto tipica
small ensemble consisting of two bandoneón, two violins, one piano, and one double bass. Argentina
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guiro
percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines along the notches to produce a ratchet sound.
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Alejandro Fernandez
Vicente Fernandez’s son. He is more of a pop artist
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Andean harp
Peruvian harp with a large resonating box
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one the mot famous Bolivian folk bands
Los Jairas
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term used by Piazzolla to identify his music that combined classical jazz and tango music Argentina
Tango Nuevo
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a type of traditional folk music | Mexico
Mariachi
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carnival
Annual celebration that features music from drummers, dancers with costumes, stick fighters and chantwells leading on the crowds to participate in the celebrations. T&T
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means burning cane in French. Canboulay is the opening torchlight of the procession of the carnival celebration T&T
Canboulay
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Soca is a mix of calypso and Indo-Caribbean music. Soca is known as the “Soul of Calypso”. T&T
soca
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singer and most most important figure in Afro-Peruvian music.
Susana Baca
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Composer, arranger, singer and TV star with an excellent understanding of Mexican regional music.
Juan Gabriel
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bombo
adaptation of the European bass drum.
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ranchera
urban style of music that emerged alongside the new towns and cities in the early decades of the century Mexico
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Tango Nuevo
term used by Piazzolla to identify his music that combined classical jazz and tango music Argentina
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group founded in the 1930 and still considered to be the best in Mexico.
Mariachi Vargas
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metal scraper
reco-reco

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