Music of Latin America

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Music of Latin America

• Viva México!

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In This Unit, We Will

• Explore the geography of areas with Latin
  American music
• Explore the instruments used in Latin American
  music
• Listen to music from different Latin American
  cultures, populations, and religious groups
• Sing songs from Mexico and other Latino regions

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What Will I Be Doing?

• You will be doing three different things
• 1 Creating connections between content areas
  Geography, History, Art, Technology, and Music
• 2 Listening to new music that you may never
  have heard before
• 3 Learning melodies, harmonies, and rhythms
  from different cultures

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Geography

• Latin America includes
• South America and those parts of the Americas
  colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese
• Mexico
• Central America
• The Caribbean
• Brazil
• Argentina
• Chile

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Languages Spoken

• Spanish is the principal language
• Portuguese
• Native American
• languages
• European
• languages
• Over 420 languages!

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Religions

• Roman Catholic Christianity is the majority
• Protestant
• Indigenous Rituals
• Argentina Jews, Muslims

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Characteristics ofLatin American Music

• European influences African influences
• Indigenous People
• Of Bolivia

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Characteristics ofLatin American Music

• HARMONY Took folk melodies and popular music and
  adopted European harmonies, like guitar strumming
• Parallel Thirds Singers and instrumentalists
  added a second melody two scale steps away
• Distinct Dance Rhythms Music they can dance to!

Left Tango Right Rumba
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Harmony

• Took folk melodies and popular music and adopted
  European harmonies, like guitar strumming
• Lots of ORNIMATION (extra little decorative
  notes)
• Instrumentalists alternate between chords and
  rhythmic phrases (example strum, strum, pick,
  pick, pick, strum, strum)
• Spoke of their culture in their songs (folk)

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Sisquistrí

• Solo harp, six-course Spanish guitar, lead singer
  and chorus
• TRANSLATION All the little flowers with the
  captivating faces,
• We dedicate this beautiful verse to you
• From these poor singers.
• I have a nice wish to tell you the truth
• Because when I see you, you turn your head
  away
• If you do it because I am ugly, complain to
  my mother!
• No woman is ugly when she dresses and she
  dances and the dance platform sways this way
  in our land!

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Parallel Thirds

• Singers and instrumentalists add a second melody
  two scale steps away
• Escualo
• Solo violin,
• cello strumming
• the parallel third,
• light percussion

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Distinct Dance Rhythms

• Music they can dance to!
• African drumming had a BIG influence on Latin
  American culture
• Dances were used in everyday life in Africa and
  mixed well with their celebratory use in South
  American culture
• Tango Dancing Competion
• Adele "Someone Like You" Rumba Dance Competition

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Other Types of Music

• Samba Originated from the Brazilian Carnival,
  translates to mean dance circle.
• Carmen Miranda Famous Brazilian actress
• Bossa Nova Derived from the Samba, more
  harmonic and less percussive

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Latin American Instruments

• INDIGENOUS INSTRUMENTS Wooden flutes, drums, and
  rattles
• EUROPEAN INSTRUMENTS Chordophone (guitar), harp,
  trumpet, clarinet, accordion, and saxophone
• AFRICAN INSTRUMENTS Idiophone (bells), many
  types of drums (conga, bongos, claves, timbales),
  and the marimba

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Indigenous Instruments

• Wooden flutes, drums, and rattles
• South American Tribal Flute
• South American Street Performers

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European Instruments

• Chordophone (guitar), harp, trumpet, clarinet,
  accordion, and saxophone

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African Instruments

• The Marimba
• Super Mario Bros Theme
• Hedwig's Theme

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A Short Presentation

• Anthony Ybarra
• Presentation at the University of California
  Santa Barbara
• African American Rhythms in Latin American Music
• (26.34 minutes)