WORLD MUSIC 3

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Latin America 

What do you already know about Latin American music?

Why do you make music? What do you want to achieve?

History

• Pre-Colonial Era - Indigenous music - Rituals - Ceremonies
  
• Colonial period - Syncretism between Indigenous people, Europeans and African (transatlantic slave trade) 
  
• Slaves were forbidden to practice their own culture (music, religion and rituals) It was allowed to play European music and join Catholicism

• Own music was played to express their own identity and feel connected 

Herritages 

• African Herritage: Rhythms - drums - syncopation - call & response - Rituals - Vocal Styles
  
• Indigneous Herritage: Flutes and Drums - Rituals
  
• European Herritage: Guitars (tres) - dances - Harmonic progressions - Vorm - Violin - Piano
  

Bolivia/Peru

What kind of ritual could this be?

Hoquetus

Interlocking melody - multiple persons share a melody

What's your first association with Tango?

TANGO

• Passion
  
• Dance
• Bandoneon
• Syncopated
• Ephasis on 4th beat
• Dominated by minor keys

Argentina was colonized by spain - Bandoneon came later when lot's of German people imigrated to Argentina

• Reflects a posessive relationship between man and woman
  
• 'vertical explression of a horizontal desire' 
  

TANGO

3 main rhythms:

Marcato: really on the beat

Syncopa: emphasis on 4e

3-3-2

The Caribbean

The Caribbean

• Many styles: Diverse ethnic origins
  
• Every style/place has it's own rhythms 
  
• However there are multiple diferences, the biggest thing to recognize a certain style, is the percussion part 
  

The Caribbean

• Many styles: Diverse ethnic origins
  
• Every style/place has it's own rhythms 
  
• However there are multiple diferences, the biggest thing to recognize a certain style, is the percussion part 
  

Clave = Key

But don't turn it! 

The Caribbean

• Many styles: Diverse ethnic origins
  
• Every style/place has it's own rhythms 
  
• However there are multiple diferences, the biggest thing to recognize a certain style, is the percussion part 
  

Clave = Key

But don't turn it! 

Rumba

• Lower class neighborhoods
  
• cheap 'instruments'
  
• Canto = improvised song part
• Montuno = 

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