Latin American Music

influence by African Music

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 Reggae
- Jamaican sound dominated by bass guitar and
drums
-strongly influenced by traditional mento and
calypso music, as well as American jazz, and
rhythm and blues
-the most recognizable musical elements of
reggae are its offbeat rhythm and staccato
chords.
 Salsa
- Salsa music is Cuban, Puerto Rican, and
Colombian dance music
- It comprises various musical genres
including the Cuban son montuno,
guaracha, chachacha, mambo and bolero.
 Samba
- It is a lively and rhythmical dance and music
with three steps to every bar, making the Samba
feel like a timed dance
- There is a set of dances rather than a single
dance that define the Samba dancing scene in
Brazil. Thus, no one dance can be claimed with
certainty as the “original” Samba style.
 Soca

Soca is a modern Trinidadian and Tobago pop

music combining “soul” and “calypso”
music.
 Were
- a Muslim music performed often as a wake-up
call for early breakfast and prayers during Ramadan
celebrations
-it fuses the African and European music styles
with particular usage of the natural harmonic series.
 Zouk
- is a fast, carnival-like rhythmic music, from the
Creole slang word for ‘party,’ originating in the
Carribean Islands of Guadaloupe and Martinique
and popularized in the 1980’s
 Zouk
- it has a pulsating beat supplied by the gwo ka and
tambour bele drums, a tibwa rhythmic pattern
played on the rim of the snare drum and its hi-hat,
rhythm guitar, a horn section, and keyboard
synthesizers.
Sample music
• Reggae

• Salsa

• Samba

• Soca

• Were

• Zouk
 ACTIVITY #1
Directions: Guess the title and
the type of the music
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ANSWER
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Conga / Salsa
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A lalala long / Reggae

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Mambo No. 5/ Salsa

SONG # 4

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Rude/ Reggae
SONG # 5

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Despacito / Salsa
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Let’s Get Loud / Salsa

SONG # 7

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ANSWER
SONG # 7

/ Samba
• Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean
music that originated in Trinidad and
Tobago during the early to mid-20th
century and spread to the rest of Caribbean
Antilles and Venezuela.
• Calypso drew upon African and French
influences, and became the voice of the
people
• It was characterized by highly rhythmic and
harmonic vocals, which was most often sung
in a French creole and led by a griot.