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Latin American Music - Coggle Diagram
Latin American Music
Instruments
Congas (Cuba)
- tall, single headed drum made of a wooden shell and a screw-tensioned drumhead
- is now commonly played with 2/3 drums
- Afro-Cuban: played with a single drum
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Clave
- hardwood sticks that produce a sharp, clicking sound.
- perform various fixed rhythms patterns in Latin-American dance bands, often ostinato
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Cuban Tres
- commonly found in the Caribbean islands
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- guajeo: ostinato pattern found in Afro-Cuban music styles
- players are known as treseros (Cuba) or tresistas (Puerto Rico)
Quick Facts
- influenced by colourful carnivals and a range of dance styles
- carnivals may include: fanfarras, brass instruments and samba bands
- Samba band features bass drums (surdo), tenor drums (timbales) and the agogô bells.
Elements
Language
- mostly Spanish & Portugese
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Rhythm
- fast-paced, upbeat rhythm drum playing
- simple, but combined makes polyrhythmic texture
call and response - 2 or more musical parts go back and forth in response to each other (beats/lyrics)
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Influence
US
- jazz, R&B and country music
Africa
- introduced new rhythms, traditional beats & unique sounds
Europe
- latin american instruments (eg. guiro & Spanish guitars)
Features
- famous dance styles: salsa & tango
Famous Music Styles
- rhumba: slow in tempo, 4/4 time signature
- bomba: call and response, two beats in a bar
- merengue: dance in 2/4 time signature, featuring groups of five
- bossa nova: less dense in texture than the samba, 2/4 time signature, highly syncopated dotted rhythms
