1. Cayetano Arellano High School
MAPEH DEPARTMENT
Music G10 2nd Quarter
Latin American Music
Mark Anthony P
. Janer
Teacher I
2. Music of Latin America is the product
of three major influences- Indigenous,
Spanish-Portuguese, and African
• Indigenous Latin-American Music
Natives were found to be using local
drum and percussion instruments such as
the guiro, maracas, and turtle shells, and
wind instruments such as zampona ( pan
pipes) and quena (notched-end flutes).
3. • Materials came from hollow tree trunks,
animal skins, fruit shells, dry seeds,
jaguar claws, animal and human bones
and especially-treated inflated eyes of
tigers.
• The indigenous music of LatinAmerica
was largely functional in nature, being
used for religious worship and
ceremonies.
5. Afro-Latin American music
African influence on Latin American music is
most pronounced in its rich and varied rhythmic
patterns produced by the drums and various
percussion instruments.
Euro-Latin American
Melodies of the Renaissance period were used in
Southern Chile and the Colombian Pacific coasts.
Step-wise melodies were preferred in the heavily
Hispanic and Moorish-influenced areas of
Venezuela and Colombia
6. Popular Latin American Music
Some of these popular music forms are
tango, bossanova, samba, son and salsa.
Samba- dance form of African origins around
1838 which evolved into anAfrican-Brazilian
invention in the working class and slum
districts of Rio de Janeiro.
“Batucada” the most adventurous kind of
samba
7. Video Clips
Using Youtube Offline
• VideosFree YouTube DownloaderSalsa Cubana
Styling II - Havana, Cuba.mp4
• ..MusicFree YouTube DownloaderSamba Do
Brasil-Ey Macalena.mp3
8. Son- Fusion of the popular music or “canciones”
of Spain and the African rumba rhythms of
Bantu origin. Originating in Cuba, it is usually
played with the tres (guitar), contrabass, bongos,
maracas, and claves.
Salsa- Social dance with marked influences from
Cuba and Puerto Rico. Its style contains
elements from the swing dance and hustle as
well as the complex Afro-Cuban and Afro-
Carribean dance forms of pachanga and
guaguanco.
9. Using Youtube Offline
• VideosFree YouTube DownloaderBuena Vista
Social Club - Candela.mp4
• ..VideosFree YouTube DownloaderMariachi
Vargas - Cielito Lindo Huasteco.mp4
10. Popular Latin American Music
• Vocal and Dance Forms
1. Cumbia- originated in Panama, popular
courtship dance
2. Tango- African origin meaning “African
Dance”/from the Spanish word “Taner”
meaning to play. ForemostArgentinian and
Uruguayan urban popular song and dance.
11. 3. Cha cha- Derived from mambo and its
characteristic rhythm.
4. Rumba- recreational dance ofAfro-Cuban origin,
normally used as a ballroom dance where a solo
dancer or couple would be in an embrace though
slightly apart.
5. Bossa Nova- originated in 1958 as a movement
effecting a radical change in the classic Cuban
samba. The word “bossa” means either ‘trend’or
‘something charming, integrating melody,
harmony, and rhythm into a “swaying” feel,
where the vocal production is often nasal.
Using Youtube Offline
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Foremost figure of the Bossanova is
Antonio Carlos Jobim Youtube.com/
12. 6. Reggae- popular music and dance style that
originated in Jamaica in the mid 1960’s.
Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley achieved
international fame and acclaim because of his
songs :No Woman, No Cry, One Love, Three
Little Birds and others.
7. Foxtrot- Gave rise to other dances such as the
black bottom, Charleston and shimmy.
8. Paso Doble- “double step” is a theatrical
Spanish dance used by the Spaniards in
bullfights. The dance is arrogant and dignified
with a duple meter, march-like character.
13. Using Youtube Offline
• ..VideosFree YouTube DownloaderBob marley
no woman no cry 1979.mp4
• ..VideosFree YouTube DownloaderMichel Teló
- Telefone Mudo Boate Azul - DVD MICHEL NA
BALADA.mp4
• ..VideosFree YouTube DownloaderSergio
Mendes + Brasil 66 - MAS QUE NADA - In
Stereo!.mp4
• ..MusicFree YouTube DownloaderCIELITO
LINDO - Mariachi Real de Mexico.mp3