Vocal and dance forms of Latin American Music Flashcards
became a popular
African courtship dance with
European and African
instrumentation and
characteristics. .
Cumbia
may have been of African origin
meaning “African dance” or from the
Spanish word taner meaning “to play”
Tango
It is a foremost
Argentinian and Uruguayan urban popular
song and dance that is related to the
Cuban contradanza, habanera, and Cuban
tango and remains a 20h century
nationalistic Argentinian piece of music
that is most expressive.
tango
is a repetitive melody with
an ostinato pattern played by the
maracas, claves, and other Cuban
percussion instruments. It contains
jazz elements that became a model
for the cha cha, mambo, and other
Latin American dances.
Rumba
is a ballroom dance
the originated in Cuba in 1953,
derived from the mambo and
its characteristic rhythm of 2
crochets – 3 quavers – quaver
rest, with syncopation on the
fourth beat.
Cha cha
integrating
melody, harmony, and
rhythm into a swaying feel,
where the vocal style is
often nasal.
Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova means either:
“trend” or “something
charming,”
is a Jamaican sound
dominated by bass guitar and
drums.
Reggae
It refers to a particular music
style that was strongly influenced by
traditional mento and calypso music,
as well as American jazz, and
rhythm and blues.
Reggae
is a 20th century social
dance that originated after 1910 in
the USA.
Foxtrot
It was executed as a one
step, two step and syncopated
rhythmic pattern. The tempo varied
from 30 to 40 bars per minute and
had a simple duple meter with
regular 4-bar phrases.
Foxtrot
it means double step
Paso doble
is a theatrical Spanish
dance used by the Spaniards in
bullfights, where the music was
played as the matador enters
(paseo) and passes just before
the kill (faena).
Paso doble
