Music Of Latin America Flashcards
Music of Latin America is the product of three major influences —
Indigenous, European, and African
○ It includes the countries that have had a colonial history from Spain and Portugal.
Music of Latin America
THREE MAJOR INFLUENCES
》Indigenous Latin-American Music
The indigenous music of Latin America was largely functional in nature, being used for…
religious worship and ceremonies
THREE MAJOR INFLUENCES
○ Natives were found to be using local drum and percussion instruments such as the _____, ______, and ______, and wind instruments such as _______ ( pan pipes) and ______ (notched-end flutes).
》Indigenous Latin-American Music
• Percussion instrument; guiro, maracas, turtle shells
• Wind instruments; zampona, quena
THREE MAJOR INFLUENCES
○ Materials came from hollow tree trunks, animal skins, fruit shells, dry seeds, jaguar claws, animal and human bones and especially-treated inflated eyes of tigers.
》Indigenous Latin-American Music
THREE MAJOR INFLUENCES
》Afro-Latin American music
African influence on Latin American music is most pronounced in its rich and varied rhythmic patterns produced by…
the drums and various percussion instruments
THREE MAJOR INFLUENCES
》Euro-Latin American
○ Melodies of the Renaissance period were used in _______ and the ________________.
Southern Chile; Colombian Pacific coasts
THREE MAJOR INFLUENCES
○ Step-wise melodies were preferred in the heavily Hispanic and Moorish-influenced areas of Venezuela and Colombia
》Euro-Latin American
The Characteristics of Latin American Music
- enumerate
• Language
• Rhythm
• Syncopation
• Call and Response
• Spanish Decima
The Characteristics of Latin American Music
- Language
• uses Spanish and Portuguese
The Characteristics of Latin American Music
- rhythm
• usually repetitive bass rhythms
The Characteristics of Latin American Music
- syncopation
• weak rhythmic beats are accented
The Characteristics of Latin American Music
- call and response
• 2 or more musical parts that go back and forth in response to each other
The Characteristics of Latin American Music
- Spanish decima
• Decima is a song consists of 10 lines each having 8 syllables
Popular Music of Latin American
A dance form of African origins around 1838 which evolved into an African-Brazilian invention in the working class and slum districts of Rio de Janeiro.
Samba
Popular Music of Latin American
Its lively rhythm, consisting of a meter but containing _____ steps each that create a feeling of a meter instead, was meant to be executed for singing, dancing, and parading in the carnival
Samba; three steps
Popular Music of Latin American
- the most adventurous kind of samba
Batucada
Popular Music of Latin American
Batucada is the most…
adventurous kind of samba
Popular Music of Latin American
Fusion of the popular music or “canciones” of Spain and the African rumba rhythms of Batu origin.
Son
Popular Music of Latin American
Son was originating in…
Cuba