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Latin American Music Flashcards

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Mexico; Mestizo Culture

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Mix of EU + indigenous

common here; less common anywhere else

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Mexico; Mexican Son (Sound, Song); Spanish and African influences

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Spanish
Guitar and violin
Functional harmony
African
Polyrhythm
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Mexico; Son Jarocho

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Son Jarocho; Developed in Veracruz (SE gulf coast)

emphasis on poetry (satire, double meanings, etc.)

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Mexico; Mexican Son (Sound, Song); Copla and Decima

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Copla (4-6 lines, 8 syllables) and decima (10 lines, improv) most dominant literary forms

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Mexico; Mexican Son (Sound, Song); Sesquialtera

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Sesquialtera: Duple and triple meters (think I Want To Live In America, West Side Story)

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Mexico; Son Jarocho; Arpa (Harp)

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Arpa (Harp): 36 Strings (15 or 26 base strings); fast intricate plucking

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Mexico; Son Jarocho; Jarana

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Jarana: 8-String (top and bottom 1-String, rest 2 Strings)

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Mexico; Son Jarocho; Requinto

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Requinto: Small 4-String plucked guitar (lead guitar)

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Mexico; Son Jarocho; Zapateado

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Zapateado: Virtuoso dance from Spain, danced on tarima (platform)

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Mexico; Son Jarocho; “La Bamba” & Richie Valens

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Traditijonal Son Jarocho song; earliest performance in 1755; top 40 hit by Richie Valens in ‘58

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Mexico; New Son Jarocho

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New Son Jarocho = Revival or son jarocho style

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Mexico; New Son Jarocho; Las Cafeteras

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From LA

Used requinto, multiple jaranas, jawbone, cajon, marimobola

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Mexico; Mariachi

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Ensemble, party, musician of mariachi

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Mexico; Mariachi; Son Jalisciense

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Developed in Jalisco SW Mexico; 3-piece ensemble

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Mexico; Mariachi; Violin

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Duh

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Mexico; Mariachi; Vihuela

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8-Strings (like Jarana); looked like guitar but tuned like a lute

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Mexico; Mariachi; Guitarron

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Convex back (flat across floor; see picture if needed

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Mexico; Mariachi; Trajes de charro

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fancy Mexican costume (old music stars were movie stars; standard outfit of mariachi

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Mexico; Bolero

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Romantic love ballads; influenced US pop music

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Mexico; Bolero; Association W/ MExican Film Stars

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Famous actors also sang boleros

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Mexico; Tejano

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Tex-Mex music

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Mexico; Tejano; Border Songs

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Texas south borders mexico

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Mexico; Tejano; German Influence

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Accordians, polka

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Mexico; Tejano; Polka

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German dance (you know this)

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Mexico; Conjunto

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Trio w drums

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Mexico; Conjunto; Accordian

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Duh

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Mexico; Conjunto; Bajo sexto

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12-String guitar

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Mexico; Conjunto; Flaco Jimenez

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b. 1939
accordina player
father of conjunto style
played w/ Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, etc.

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Cuba; Yoruba/Licumi

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people of Cuba

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Cuba; Rumba

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ensemble (dance, voice, no instruments; everyday music and dance)

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Cuba; Cuban Son

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Cuba had their own son; spread from Eastern Cuba to rest of Cuba

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Cuba; Cuban Son; Clave (2+3, 3+2)

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2 sticks; you know rhythm

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Cuba; Cuban Son; Instrumentation

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Congas
Maracas
Tres (6-String; repeating pattern; 2 groups of 3 strings
Claves
Bass, brass and woodwinds, piano
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Cuba; Cuban Son; Verse-Montuno form

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Rhythm speeds up; call and response

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Cuba; Cuban Music in the US

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Spread to US in 30s and 40s

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Cuba; Cuban Music in the US; Cubop/Latin Jazz

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You know this (think Manteca)

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Cuba; Cuban Music in the US; Cubop/Latin Jazz; Mario Bauza, Machito

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Mario classically trained; played w/ big bands in NY; brother in law made….
Machito, 1st Cubop group in US

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Cuba; Cuban Music in the US; Cubop/Latin Jazz; Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo

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You know Dizzy; Chano Pozo was a flamboyant percussionist

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Cuba; Cuban Music in the US; Cubop/Latin Jazz; “Manteca”

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Standard of cubop; Latin section (Pozo) and Swing section (Gillespie)

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Cuba; The Palladium Ballroom

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MASSIVE; best Afro-Cuban bands in the world played here

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Cuba; 1959 Cuban Revolution

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Fidel castro beats US dictatorship

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Cuba; 1959 Cuban Revolution; US/Cuba Trade Embargo

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US tried to stop imports into the country; led to salsa

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Cuba; Salsa

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Umbrella term for mambo, Cuban son, etc.

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Cuba; Salsa; Fania Records

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NYC afro-Puerto Rican music label (big)

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Cuba; Salsa; Celia Cruz

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queen of Latin Music

Moved to US after Cuban revolution

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Brazil; Multicultural Melting Pot

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Lots of EU
Largest Japanese and black population outside their countries
Speak Portuguese not Spanish
More than half of pop poor, but Brazil rich
Sensuality big (2 military regimes)

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Brazil; Carmen Miranda

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fruit on head comes from her
popular in 30s; discovered by Lee Schuber
became highest earning female entertainer

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Brazil; Carmen Miranda; Hollywood Career

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Made 14 movies/musicals

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Brazil; Carmen Miranda; Hollywood Career; Good Neighbor Policy

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Her films helped remove Cuban stereotype (back wards, suspicious, etc.)

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Brazil; Bossa Nova

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Stripped down Samba; influenced by crooning

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Brazil; Bossa Nova; Musical characterisitics

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Emphasis on guitar and voice
jazz harmony
romantic and mature lyrics

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Brazil; Bossa Nova; Joao gilberto

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invented Bossa Nova

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Brazil; Bossa Nova; Antonio Carlos “Tom” Jobim

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Main composer of many Bossa Nova songs

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Latin Pop; Pan-Latino Movement

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Think Oye Como Va

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Latin Pop; New Production Centers (Miami, LA)

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Mexico City no longer center of entertainment industry

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Latin Pop; Latin Grammys

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starts in 2000

57
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Latin Pop; Natalia Lafourcade

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Very popular singer

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