The Music of Latin America and Its Rhythm

Question 1

A music and dance ceremony done in Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.

Answer 1

Areito

Question 2

Idiophone scraper

Answer 2

Guiro

Question 3

Idiophone slit drum

Answer 3

Mayohuacan

Question 4

Latin American music encompasses a wide variety of styles due to its ___________________.

Answer 4

Syncretic nature

Question 5

Combination of different beliefs or practices.

Answer 5

Syncretic nature

Question 6

Cumbia is known to have originated from _______________.

Answer 6

Columbia

Question 7

This dance has a “windup” motion as its basic character and is performed in a circular motion.

Answer 7

Cumbia dance

Question 8

The sleepy leg is a ________ step.

Answer 8

Cumbia

Question 9

Mimics the walking motion of enslaved people with a ball chain attached to one leg.

Answer 9

The sleepy leg

Question 10

The sleepy leg is originally created by ___________________.

Answer 10

Alberto Perez

Question 11

Tango originated from _____________________.

Answer 11

Argentina

Question 12

An interpretative, sensitive, and improvisational social dances that allows its dancers to connect themselves to the music, their partners, and their surroundings.

Answer 12

Tango

Question 13

2 basic types of tango

Answer 13

• Salon
• Milonguero

Question 14

It is a type of Tango that is done in big places as its movements would require.

Answer 14

Salon tango

Question 15

It is a type of Tango that is an intimately danced version usually performed in small places such as cafes and crowded dance floors.

Answer 15

Milonguero Tango

Question 16

Cha-cha is a ballroom style dance that originated from _________.

Answer 16

Cuba

Question 17

Cha-cha’s music was originally made by ________________.

Answer 17

Enrique Jorrin

Question 18

It is characterized by a strong downbeat with lesser syncopation, which became popular with dancers during that time.

Answer 18

Cha-cha

Question 19

It began in the second half of the 19th century.

Answer 19

Rumba

Question 20

It is said to have originated as a sex pantomime; exaggerated and aggressive hip and body movements of the male dancer became integrated into it.

Answer 20

Rumba

Question 21

Bossa nova means “_______________.”

Answer 21

New beat

Question 22

They recorded Chega de Saudade.

Answer 22

Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, and Joao Gilberto

Question 23

It is characterized by rhythm and melodies from Brazil and improvisation that expresses a refreshingly light and relaxing music with that unique Latin American rhythmic feel.

Answer 23

Boosa Nova

Question 24

It originated from Jamaica.

Answer 24

Reggae

Question 25

Reggae is based on an earlier Jamaican music form, __________.

Answer 25

The ska

Question 26

It is widely known that reggae is the _________________________.

Answer 26

voice of the oppressed

Question 27

It expresses the sound of ghetto life and was the music of the gangster culture.

Answer 27

Reggae

Question 28

He achieved international fame with his reggae music, which he combined with the ska music style.

Answer 28

Bob Marley

Question 29

It is a dance that originated from New York in the United States.

Answer 29

Foxtrot

Question 30

Foxtrot was introduced by ______________.

Answer 30

Harry Fox

Question 31

He was doing trotting steps set to ragtime music, and the audience from then on referred to his performance as “Fox’s trot.”

Answer 31

Harry Fox

Question 32

Paso Doble is a Spanish term that means “__________________.”

Answer 32

double step

Question 33

A smooth dance with long walking movements.

Answer 33

Foxtrot

Question 34

It is a genre of light Spanish music set to binary rhythm and is believed to be set to 16th century Spanish dances.

Answer 34

Paso Doble