music Flashcards
(23 cards)
in generally is usually upbeat,lively,and festive! But there is more to the fun music
African-American music
Is used for communication
talking drum
An ancient carnival tradition from north-eastern brazil
Maracatu
We’re believed to attract water during dry seasons
Rain sticks
We’re passed down orally from generations of slavery
Spiritual
“Jamming” is like playing or singing music on the spot with a group of people
Blues
Africans use a variety of vocal timbres
Soul
Emerging from African-American churches in Memphis and Tennessee
Gospel music
A pair of small open-bottomed drums of different sizes
Bongos
An empty gourd with a ragged surface that produces a rasping sound when scraped with a stick
Guiro
An ancient vessel flute consisting of 4-12 finger holes and a mouthpiece projecting from its body
Ocarina
A tall, narrow, singled-headed drum staved like barrels
Conga
A pair of short wooden sticks that produce a bright clicking noise when stuck together
Claves
A pan-flute made up of a series of cane tubes bound together open at one end and closed at the other
zampona
Music in colombia started as a courtship dance performed among the slavecommunities and was later combined with European instruments
Cumbia
is a ballroom dance developed by the urban lower classes in Argentina and Uruguay
tango
Originated from the word rumbear which means good times, going to parties, and dancing.
rumba
is a lively, flamboyant, and flirtatious Cuban social dance
Cha-cha
Originated in Rio de Janeiro, brazil, it fused jazz elements with indigenous Brazilian music
Bossa nova
Started when Jamaican musicians heard New Orleans RnB through transitor radios
Reggae
began in the theater houses in new york
Foxtrot
Californian vaudeville actor __________ was doing trotting steps to ragtime music it was referred to as “fox’s trot”
harry fox
The choreography of ___________ is based on the character of the torero (bullfighter) and his cape (the woman)
Paso doble
