2. Caribbean music
Wide term used to refer to music from the Caribbean basin.
Music seen to be the product of creolization.
African culture plus European culture.
3. West African Approaches
call and response with repetitive lyric.
an emphasis on drum and bass. (approach to rhythm)
poly-meter and poly-rhythm.
distinct Vocal QUALITY and TEXTURE.
PAUSES and LAYERING.
Improvisation.
Instruments.
7. Examples of each
Neo African – Rhumba, Santería, Candoblé, Bomba and Plena
Neo European – Maypole, beguine, danzón.
8. Popular music
Post colonial music
All show influences of American popular music.
The music changes depending on the current form of American music.
Associated with professional musicians and ideas of industry. i.e. product, media, mass
consumption.
9. Examples of each
Calypso - Trinidad
Salsa – Cuba and Puerto Rico
Reggaeton – Puerto Rico
Zouk – Guadeloupe and Martinique
Kompas – Haiti
Dominican Republic – Reggae
Dancehall – Jamaica
Chutney – Trinidad
10. All associated with dance
Each of these dances that are associated with them.