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16 Cards in this Set
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What two styles create salsa?
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Cuban Rican music and American Jazz.
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When did salsa become popular?
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In the early 1900's in Cuba.
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What is son?
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A popular style of dance music.
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What two important musical features were combined to create salsa?
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The Spanish folk music (guitar, tres) and the clave rhythms of Afro-Cuban rumba.
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What is a clave?
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An important Afro-Cuban rhythm. Sometimes known as a percussion instrument.
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What is a tres?
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A Spanish guitar.
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When did the son become popular?
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1950's
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What style of music influenced salsa?
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Swing.
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What is a walking bass?
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A moving bass line normally played by a double bass, piano or guitar.
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What is the metre of salsa?
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Typical 4/4 time signature.
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What is a cross rhythm?
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Where musical rhythms go against each other.
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What does montuno mean?
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Made up/improvised sections.
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Where would you normally expect to hear salsa?
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Street carnivals, festivals and other public celebrations.
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Name some instruments normally present in a son band?
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Guitar, string bassm claves, bongos, maracas, tres (guitar) and vocals.
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Name an important calling feature of salsa.
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The use of call and response. Instruments have a musical conversation.
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What does comping mean?
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Rhythmic chords played to the beat.
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