1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWqvbY3XBuI&t=152s 1a. At
4:41...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWqvbY3XBuI&t=152s
1a. At 4:41 below what music did Cuban composers create to express their national
identity? Describe the music and what it fused together.
1b. At 7:43 what was the first Cuban music recorded on phonographic cylinders in 1909
was known as?
1c. At 8:51 what is the name of the guitar that played the Cuban style of Son Cubano?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr5TbN3lADM
1d. As you view the demonstration below at 1:33 and 1:50 of the Cuban tres, a three course
(3 sets of double strings) guitar-like instrument, how would you describe its distinctive
Cuban sound?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c85YThZEW6Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja4XhKS6InY
2. After watching the first minute or so of the two videos below, what is the basic difference
between the STEPS of the Rumba and the Mambo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfLldf0T3To
3. Describe how you think seeing a Cuban-born Latino with a white American woman
helped blend world cultures on TV in the 1950s, and what effect this would have on similar
collaborations in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ0mxQXmLsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFPkd-7AcDM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkh8UtuejGw
4a. Describe how the Latin American elements that Cuban-born Camila Cabello integrates
into her videos and songs (ie, telenovelas, interactions with her grandmother
(abuela/abuelita), families watching soccer (fútbol) on TV, etc.) further present the culture
to a mainstream audience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg64AFnRnkc
5. After listening to the Spanish lyrics or reading the English translation to Caro
(Expensive), what are the message(s) of the song?
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/caro-expensive.html
6. Listen closely at 2:30, when the beat stops and a slower section begins. As he repeats the
phrase "solamente soy feliz" (I'm just happy), how would you describe the imagery, and
2. what story is being told here?
https://www.papermag.com/jazmyne-joy-bad-bunny-caro-
2630385142.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
7. Why do you think a woman (Jazmyne Joy) appears in place of Bad Bunny throughout the
majority of the video?
8. In addition to getting Bad Bunny's attention, what is another reason Jazmyne gives in the
article for shaving her head?
https://www.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/latinx-now-english/5-things-you-should-
know-about-nesi-female-voice-behind-bad-bunnys-hit-yo-perreo-sola-tmna3764125
9a. As the first voice we hear singing in Yo Perreo Sola (I Twerk Alone) is the singer Nesi,
how does having an actual female voice underscore the message of the song?
https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/bad-bunny-yo-perreo-sola-video-everything-you-
need-to-know-9359233/
9b. Why do you think Bad Bunny dresses in drag in Yo Perreo Sola?
https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a32111104/yo-perreo-sola-lyrics-meaning-
translation-bad-bunny/
9. What does the article above say about the meaning behind the neon green sign at 1:27
that reads Ni Una Menos (Not One Less)?
