Ch. 10 Flashcards
A form of popular dance music developed primarily in Buenos Aires and the greater Rio de la Plata region
Tango
A type of concertina commonly associated with tango music and popular in Argentina and Uruguay
Bandoneon
A style of popular Latin dance music
Salsa
A Puerto Rican folk song style associated with political and social protest; accompanied by frame drums and scrapers
Plena
An Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance complex
Bomba
A musical genre envisioned as a crossover between Latin and N. American popular musics and actively pursued during the 1960s
Boogaloo
A strophic song usually on romantic themes and in many regions characterized by sesquialtera rhythm
Son
A form of polyphonic song, either secular or sacred, important to the development of Latin American Art music
Villancicos
An Afro-Uruguayan music and dance complex
Candombe
Ensemble type originally from Mexico
Mariachi
A traditional music of Columbia that has also found expression as popular music
Vallenato
A Colombian traditional music combining Amer-Indian, African, and European musical ideas and instruments
Cumbia