2. • Latin American music refers to
the music of Mexico, Central
America, South America, as well
as the entire Caribbean.
• influenced by the mixture and
fusion of races, religions, and
cultural heritages from the pre-
Columbian times up to the
present.
3. • In 2017, the music of Latinos
exploded in popularity with Luis
Fonsi’s “Despacito”.
• Music was performed during rites
of passage, work, and leisure
activities, and even
communicating with the spiritual
world.
4. Polyrhythm
• Most important element in Latin
music.
• One of the rights given to African
slaves was to perform their
drums, and so they brought many
rhythmic patterns and beats with
them to Central and South
America.
13. music in Colombia
A courtship dance
performed among the
slave communities and
was later combined with
European instruments.
14. a ballroom dance
performed by a man
and a woman,
expressing romance in
synchronized
movements.
15. originated from the word
rumbear which means good
times, going to parties, and
dancing.
Used to be an intimate pantomime
danced in a very fast manner with
overstressed hip movements.
An aggressive and sensual
personality of a man exchanges
with a defensive attitude of a
woman.
16. a lively, flamboyant, and
flirtatious Cuban social
dance.
Its light and bubbly feel gives
it a unique sense of fun and
play.
You may hear it counted like:
“One, two, cha-cha-cha”
18. famous for its “chill”
sounds, its typical
instruments include
the nylon guitar,
plucked upright bass
and piano.
19. Started when Jamaican musicians heard New
Orleans RnB through transistor radios.
They developed their own up-tempo variation with
skittering guitar and syncopated rhythms called
SKA.
20.
21. Exhibition dancers turned
foxtrot into the most exciting
and original of dances.
This ballroom dance
provided means of enjoying
music in a background that
many people could afford
and enjoy.