Music of Latin AmericaPrepared for the DepEd NTOT Grade 10

K-12 VizMin Cluster by:

Althea Mae B. Bongcawil

Music of Latin America is the product of three major influences- Indigenous, Spanish-Portuguese, and African

Indigenous Latin-American Music

Natives were found to be using local drum and percussion instruments such as the guiro, maracas, and turtle shells, and wind instruments such as zampona ( pan pipes) and quena (notched-end flutes).

Music of Latin America is the product of three major influences- Indigenous, Spanish-Portuguese, and African

Materials came from hollow tree trunks, animal skins, fruit shells, dry seeds, jaguar claws, animal and human bones and especially-treated inflated eyes of tigers.

The indigenous music of Latin America was largely functional in nature, being used for religious worship and ceremonies

Musical Instruments of Latin America

Zampona Guiro Maracas

Afro-Latin American music

African influence on Latin American music is most pronounced in its rich and varied rhythmic patterns produced by the drums and various percussion instruments.

Euro-Latin American

Melodies of the Renaissance period were used in Southern Chile and the Colombian Pacific coasts.

Step-wise melodies were preferred in the heavily Hispanic and Moorish-influenced areas of Venezuela and Colombia

Popular Latin American Music

Some of these popular music forms are tango, bossanova, samba, son and salsa.

A. Samba- dance form of African origins around 1838 which evolved into an African-Brazilian invention in the working class and slum districts of Rio de Janeiro.

• ..\Videos\Free YouTube Downloader\Salsa Cubana Styling II -Havana, Cuba.mp4

• ..\Music\Free YouTube Downloader\Samba Do Brasil-EyMacalena.mp3

Popular Latin American Music

“Batucada” the most adventurous kind of samba

B. Son- Fusion of the popular music or “canciones” of Spain and the African rumba rhythms of Bantu origin. Originating in Cuba, it is usually played with the tres(guitar), contrabass, bongos, maracas, and claves.

• ..\Videos\Free YouTube Downloader\Buena Vista Social Club - Candela.mp4

• ..\Videos\Free YouTube Downloader\Mariachi Vargas -Cielito Lindo Huasteco.mp4

Popular Latin American Music

C. Salsa- Social dance with marked influences from Cuba and Puerto Rico. Its style contains elements from the swing dance and hustle as well as the complex Afro-Cuban and Afro-Carribean dance forms of pachanga and guaguanco.

Popular Latin American Music

Vocal and Dance Forms

1. Cumbia- originated in Panama, popular courtship dance

2. Tango- African origin meaning “African Dance”/from the Spanish word “Taner”meaning to play. Foremost Argentinian and Uruguayan urban popular song and dance.

• ..\Desktop\grade 10NTOT\Video Grade 10\6. La Cumparsita Tango Georgina & Oscar Mandagaran (Latin America).mp4

Popular Latin American Music

• 3. Cha cha- Derived from mambo and its characteristic rhythm.

• 4. Rumba- recreational dance of Afro-Cuban origin, normally used as a ballroom dance where a solo dancer or couple would be in an embrace though slightly apart.

Popular Latin American Music

• 5. Bossa Nova- originated in 1958 as a movement effecting a radical change in the classic Cuban samba. The word “bossa” means either ‘trend’ or ‘something charming, integrating melody, harmony, and rhythm into a “swaying” feel, where the vocal production is often nasal.

..\Music\Free YouTube Downloader\Antonio Carlos Jobim - Brazil.mp3

• Foremost figure of the Bossanova is Antonio Carlos Jobim

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• 6. Reggae- popular music and dance style that originated in Jamaica in the mid 1960’s. Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley achieved international fame and acclaim because of his songs :No Woman, No Cry, One Love, Three Little Birds and others.

• 7. Foxtrot- Gave rise to other dances such as the black bottom, Charleston and shimmy.

• 8. Paso Doble- “double step” is a theatrical Spanish dance used by the Spaniards in bullfights. The dance is arrogant and dignified with a duple meter, march-like character.

Listening List

• ..\Videos\Free YouTube Downloader\Michel Teló - TelefoneMudo Boate Azul - DVD MICHEL NA BALADA.mp4

• ..\Videos\Free YouTube Downloader\Sergio Mendes + Brasil 66 - MAS QUE NADA - In Stereo!.mp4

• ..\Music\Free YouTube Downloader\CIELITO LINDO -Mariachi Real de Mexico.mp3