Q2: Lesson 2 | Latin Music Flashcards

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refers to music originating from latin america namely the romance speaking countries and territories of the americas and the carribean south of the united states

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latin music

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encompasses a wide variety of styles, including influential genres suchs rumba eyc

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latin american music

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musical instruments

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  • flute cane
  • oud, mandolin, guitar
  • maracas
  • conga drums
  • bongas
  • tambourine
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a dance oriented music genre popular throughout latin america

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cumbia

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courtship dance practiced among the carribean coasts of colombia and panama

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cumbia

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a partner dance that originated in the 1880s along the river plate, beyween the border argentina and uruguay

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tango

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a popular form of social dance that originated in new york city with strong influences from latin america

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salsa

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dance of cuban region the name of the dance is an onomatopoeia derived from the shuffling soundn of the dancers feet

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cha cha cha

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may refer to a variety of unrelated music styles. a synonym for party in northern cuba and by the late 19th century it was used to denote the complex of secular music styles

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rumba

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soft and with sophisticated vocal rhythms and improvisations, is well suited for listening but failed to become dance music despite heavy promotion

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bossa nova

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music genre that originated in jamaica in the late 1960s.the term denotes the modern popular music of jamaica and its diaspora

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reggae

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a smooth progressive dance characterized by long continuous flowing movements across the dance floor

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foxtrot

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the dance is similar in its look to waltz

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foxtrot

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reached its height of popularity in the 1930s and remains practices today

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foxtrot

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modeled after the sound drama and movements of the soanish and portugese bullfight

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paso doble

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the traditional couples dance was originated in france and then adipted in spain and Portugal

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paso doble