Latin Music

• LATIN MUSIC- It began when Spain and Portugal colonized Latin America in the 16th century and the European settlers brought their music
• Latin Music incorporates the African music brought by the slaves transported to America by the European settlers
• There are 3 Latin Music Influences- INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC; AFRO – LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC; EURO – LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC
• 1. INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC ▪ Was largely functional in nature ▪ They used for religious worships and ceremonies ▪ They used local drums ,some percussion instruments and some wind instrument ▪ Instruments source from trees ,animal skins ,fruit shells
• 2. AFRO – LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC: African influence on Latin American music is largely felt in its varied and rich rhythmic patterns as performed by the drums and other percussion instruments
• 3. EURO – LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC: Southern Chile and the Colombian Pacific used renaissance melodies. Hispanic and Moorish influenced- areas like Venezuela used step- wise melodies
• There are 5 characteristics of Latin Music: Language, Rhythm, Syncopation, Call and Response; Spanish Decima
• Language: Uses Spanish and Portuguese language
• Rhythm: Distinct and usually repetitive bass rhythms
• Syncopation: musical style where the weak rhythmic beats are accented instead of strong one
• Call and Response: musical style has two or more musical parts that go back and forth in response to each other
• Spanish Decima: Decima is a song form consisting of 10 lines each having eight syllables
• CUMBIA: 


  ORIGIN OF Cumbia music comes from the days of slavery in the late 17th
• CUMBIA

  Derived from the African word cumbe which means “dance”
• CUMBIA


  It is a traditional courtship dance characterized by the persistent beats of hand drum on the upbeats of a two-four time and the accompaniment of a shaker and large gaita flutes
• TANGO- is an African origin. An African dance from the Spanish word “ tanner” meaning to play
• TANGO has four beats in a bar, characterized by syncopated ostinato
• Tango is intense with an often melancholic mood
• Cha Cha- unmistakable dance originated in Cuba in the 1940s
• Cha Cha- Enrique Joerin developed the dance as a variant of the mambo and rumba
• Rhumba is a combination of percussive rhythm song and dance
• RHUMBA was developed by Afro Cuban workers during the second half of the 19th century
• the three main styles of rhumba are yambu, Columbia, and guaguanco.
• BOSSA NOVA- Means “new trends” in Portuguese or “something charming
• Bossa Nova- Cool and has a relaxed style that uses the elements of samba and jazz
• Bossa Nova- It combines melody,harmony and rhythm into a swaying feeling with vocals
• REGGAE- Started in Jamaica but has its roots in New Orleans RnB
• The word reggae was coined around 1960 to identify a “ ragged” style of dance music
• Reggae uses a lament-like style of chanting and emphasizes the syncopated beat
• FOXTROT was developed in the United states in the 1920 and thought to have been developed in African American nightclubs
• Foxtrot- It is believed to be named after entertainer Harry Fox
• Foxtrot- The rhythm is in a 4/4 time signature by bigband swing-style music
• PASO DOBLE- Its origin dates back to French military march entitled paso doble which means “two steps” in Spanish
• Paso Doble- It is based on the music played at bullfights during the bullfighters entrance( paseo) or during the passes (faena) just before the kill
• Paso Doble has a strong flamengo inluences
• ZAMPONA is a series of hollow pipes made from hollow reeds
• CHARANGO is a small, ten stringed guitar
• CLAVES is a set of hardwood sticks struck together providing rhythm in a song
• GUIRO is a percussion instrument consist of an open ended ,hollow gourd with parallel notches cut on one side
• BONGOS are two drums joined together