This document provides an overview of various musical genres from Africa and Latin America. It discusses key characteristics and origins of different styles of African music such as sub-Saharan, North African, and how African music is typically accompanied, unaccompanied, strophic or call-and-response. Genres from different African countries are also outlined. The document then discusses Latin American music, describing the languages and religions of the region and characteristics like harmony, parallel thirds, and distinct dance rhythms. The three typical instrument groups of indigenous, European, and African instruments are identified. Several popular Latin American musical genres are then summarized such as cumbia, cha-cha-cha, bossa nova, foxtrot, reg

1. Prepared by:
J.C. LOVE N. ESCOTO
Teacher II

2. - Rise of the new form of ART
- Music of entertainment,
nightlife, and leisure.
- Evolved from religious music

3. Four factors of Afro-Latin Music
- Rise of Cultural power
- Capitalism hand in hand
with consumerism

4. Four factors of Afro-Latin Music
- Record production
- The Youth Culture

5. Two types of African Music
1. Sub-Saharan music
2. North Saharan (Arabic
culture influence)

6. African Music Description
- Part of everyday activities
- Part of rites and ceremonies
- Not normally written down
- Relies on percussion
instruments

7. Occasions include:
- Childhood lullabies & play song
- Birthdays, Marriages & Funerals
- Religious, political, & tribal
occasions

8. Type of music
- Accompanied
- Unaccompanied solos,
duets and choruses.

9. Types of Unaccompanied Songs
- Strophic
- Call and Response

10. African Music style/genre
Genre/Style Place where it originated
MBAQANGA South Africa
JIT Zimbabwe
SOUKOUS Zaire
JUJU Nigeria
HIGHLIFE Ghana

11. MARACATU
- Related to coronation of
black kings. (1674 Recife City)
- Rhythm is called
baque/toque

12. BLUES
- Spirituals, work songs, field
hollers, shouts and chants.
- The term came from Blue
devils (Melancholy & Sadness)

13. BLUES
- Used in death ceremonies
- Rendered in Call & response
- Uses Melisma & nasal
intonation

14. SPIRITUAL
- Most important antecedent
of blues. Figurative lyrics
- Religious songs, passionate
- Not specific to the performer

15. SOUL
- Combines rhythm & blues,
and gospel music.
- Originated in the US
- Catchy rhythms stressed by
handclaps.

16. SOUL
- Call and response is utilized
- Tense Vocal sound.

17. Activity
# 1

18. Convert a folksong in an Afro musical
version. Create 6 groups in the class. The
following should be observed:
Accompanied, Unaccompanied, Strophic,
and Call and response.

20. Latin America includes…
South America and those parts of the
Americas colonized by the Spanish and
the Portuguese.
Mexico Central America
The Caribbean Brazil
Argentina Chile

22. LANGUAGE SPOKEN
• Spanish is the “principal language”
• Portuguese
• Native American languages
• European languages
Over 420 languages!

23. RELIGIONS
• Roman Catholic
(Christianity as the majority)
• Protestants
• Indigenous Rituals
• Jewish
• Islam

24. Characteristics of
Latin American Music
HARMONY: Took folk melodies and
popular music and adopted European
harmonies, like guitar strumming

25. PARALLEL THIRDS: Singers and
instrumentalists added a second
melody two scale steps away
Characteristics of
Latin American Music

26. Distinct Dance Rhythms:
Music they can dance to.
Characteristics of
Latin American Music

27. TANGO RUMBA

28. There are three typical
Latin American instrument groups
Indigenous (Pre-Columbian) instruments

29. There are three typical
Latin American instrument groups
European instruments

30. There are three typical
Latin American instrument groups
and African instruments

31. LATIN AMERICAN
MUSICAL GENRES

32. CUMBIA
- Cultural mix of black and
indigenous background.
- Melodic representation of
Columbia

33. CHA-CHA-CHA
- Came from melodies w/c are
danceable.
- Popularized in 1940’s by
Cuban Bands.

34. BOSSA NOVA
- Means “New trend” in
Portuguese.
- Popularized in Brazil in 1950’s
- Uses element of Samba and
Jazz.

35. FOXTROT
- Often suitable for swing
dancing.
- Typically danced to big-band
swing-style.

36. REGGAE
- Originated from Jamaica1960’s
- A “ragged” style of dance
music.
- Slower tempo, rocksteady,
uses simple chord progression.

37. RUMBA
- Originated from Cuba
- Dancers tend to move their
hips a lot.
- Rumba was also coined as
“Party”

38. PASSO DOBLE
- Means “two steps” in Spanish
- Brisk tempo
- Known as Spanish “Gypsy
Dance”

39. TANGO
- Mixture of culture between
Africa, India, France, Spain and
Latin America.
- Modern Tango style: Argentine
Tango & European Style

40. JAZZ MUSIC
- Lively rhythms and melodies
made up by musicians.
- A descendant and contemporary
of blues

41. TYPES OF JAZZ MUSIC
- Bebop
- Ragtime
- Big band
- Jazz rock

42. Activity # 2
Transpose an OPM song into
Reggae genre music.

43. Instructions:
-Create a group of five person in
each group.
-guitar or any musical instrument
may be utilized to help the group
perform well.