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huasteca
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ensemble that features falsetto tones of a male singer accompanied by two guitars and a violin, may perform dances on steps of San Sebastian cathedral
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syncretism
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fusion of cultures that takes place when different thnic groups meet
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criollos, mestizos
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latin americans of mixed race
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use of harmony
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from europe, uses european harmonic techniques and harmonic progresions, through guitar strumming often
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parallel thirds
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singers and instrumentalists thicken textures by adding a parellel melody two scale steps away that creates a consonant succession of intervals called thirds
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paired phrases
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song texts that are often written in paired lines, called coplas, with pauses between lines. the first line of the piar ends with an unsettled feeling which the second line resolves
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distinctive dance rhythms
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charactersitic rhythms often derived from the habanera and swequialtera largely define latin american dances
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rhthm guitar
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vigorous harmonic strumming of the guitars, as well as percussion, emphasize dance rhythms
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rumba
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cuban dance
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tango
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argentinian dance
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samba
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brazilian dance
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habanera
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MANY dances have influence from this
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sesquialtera
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simple triple compound duple, it is a polyrhythm
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autos
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folk religious dramas in mexico
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son
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refers to a wide variety of different song and dance types all usually use the sesquialtera strumming guitars and a fast stamping couple dance
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fast stamping couple dance
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zapateado
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coplas
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paired lines, each line usually corresponds to a musical phrase of regular length with a pause between each line during which time the instruments fill in. first pair ends in cadence, unsettled harmony and melodic tone, and the second resolves both the harmony and the idea expressed in the text.
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conjunto
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generic name for folk band in mexico
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chilena
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acapulco, pacific coast, gold rush, influence of south american cueca, includes a guitar, another small guitar called the requinto, sometimes wind instruments and a string baess
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huapango
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rural regions around mexico city, medium sized guitar known as jarana and a special large guitar, the huapanguera. violin which plays fast running figures
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mariachi
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originated in the ranches around guadalajara, charro costumes, replaced harp with the large guitar bass called the guitarron, pair of trumpets suitable for urban environmentsrepertory of ranchera songs became famous, love ssongs, ballads, sung in parallel thirds echoed by trumpets
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jarocho
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from veracruz, la bamba, jarana,(five-course guitar), requinto (small guitar) and arpa, a diatonically tuned harp
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zapateados
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stamping, boot-tapping dances that would go on perhaps until dawn
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fandango( traditional music of fandango is the son jarocho)
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festival of invited musical groups, the musicians are more likely to be professional who play at restaurants and weddings, tied with jarocho
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maniqueos/rasgueado
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since son jarocho music lacks percussion instruments the rhythmic and percussive use of the instruments of the ensemble make up for it. these rhythms are created through up and down strums called maniqueos or rasgueado
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bajo sexto
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six string bass guitar
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canciones revolucionarias
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revolutionary songs
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conjunto nortena
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popular band
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conjunto
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standardized as accordion, guitar, string bass, and singer
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zarzuelas
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operetta
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carnaval
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brazilian musical tradition,
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samba schools
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they parade through the streets competing for the recognition of judges street revelers and millions who watch the spectacle on television, each school consists of hundreds of elaborately costumed dancer on top of an dbeside lavish floats and hundred or more percussionists who make up the
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bateria
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they are the samba percussion band
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brazil=
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portuguese
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batuque
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characteristic dance, slave dance, took turns dancing
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capoiera
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stylized martial arts dance
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berimbae
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a musical bow tapped with a stick and equipped with a half-gourd resonator placed against the chest, characteristic instrument associated with capoiera
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atabaque and agogo
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tall drum and double iron bell may join in capoiera dance, berimbau can change pitch but it is mainly a rhythmic instrument
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le, rumpi, and rum
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conical or barrel shaped drums, smallest to largest, called le, rumpi, and rum accompany a complex repertory of songs, each unique to a particular spirit, with intense polyrhythms
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lundu
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dance that filtered into urban salons as early as the eighteenth century,
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favelas
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known for their bands of street musicians called choros
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choros
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played versions of popular dances like the lundu, polka
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maxixe
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highly syncopated brazilian dance
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samba cancao
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more relaxed and refined version of the samba dance
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batucada
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percussive style dance
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blocos afro
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reintroduction of self consciously african elements into their bands as a way to reestablish african traditions and an ethnic identity.
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MPB
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musica popular brasileira, composers Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil=electric instruments and rock influence milton Nascimento Jorge Ben= african elements
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modhina
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arranged by professional pianist composers, smooth lyricism
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kena
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andean notch flute
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bomba
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andean drum
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charango
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small guitar andean
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huayno
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popular dance throughout the andes, a lively duple meter dance with a characteristic long-short-short rhythm
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mestizo music
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ethnic mixtures the pan-andean popular music sound they represented
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campesinos
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mountain peasants
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chicha
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hybrid sounds combining colombian cumbia, cuban percussion, and north american rock with the local huayno
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cajon
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open wooden box that a drummer sits on and plays with his or her handsafrican slaves in some coastal areas represent yet another distinctive hybrid
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