MUSC 2226 - unit 8

Question 1

habanera

Answer 1

a dance created in Cuba during the early nineteenth century that became popular in both Europe and South America. Its characteristic rhythm resurface in the Argentine Tango and the cakewalk

Question 2

rumba

Answer 2

the second Latin dance craze in the U.S.; grew out of the SON, an Afro-Cuban dance.

Question 3

reverse clave rhythm

Answer 3

a version of the clave rhythm, in with the second half of the pattern comes first

Question 4

downtown Latin style

Answer 4

a watered-down version of Afro-cuban music intended for the white American market

Question 5

uptown Latin style

Answer 5

the sound of authentic Afro-Cuban music in the 1940s and 1950s

Question 6

tumbao

Answer 6

a syncopated bass pattern characteristic of Afro-Cuban music

Question 7

montuno

Answer 7

in Afro-Cuban music, a syncopated accompanying figure, usually played on the piano that is repeated indefinitely

Question 8

mambo

Answer 8

first twentieth-century Latin dance fads to develop on American soil; it merged authentic Afro-Cuban son with big-band horns and riffs