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Latin America - Coggle Diagram
Latin America
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Influence
United states: Jazz, R&B, country music
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Africa: introduced rhythms, traditional beats, and unique sounds
Intro
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Samba band: includes bass drums, tenor drums, and agogo bells
Features
Famous music styles:
Rhumba: slow music, expressive in 4/4 time
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Merengue: dance in 2/4 time, in groups of 5
Bossa nova: less dense than rhumba, 2/4 time, highly syncopated dotted rhythms
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Elements
Language: Spanish, Portuguese, some Spanish based Creolo
Rhythm: fast pace, upbeat, polyrhythmic, call and response, syncopated
