Music Quiz 2 Reasoning

Yemayá Olordo

afro-cuban ritual song, from West Africa, singer chants in Yoruba and choir responds, batá drums perform complex patterns

Mayeya, no juegues con los santos

son montuno, cuban dance style with african influence, syncopated rhythms, clave and bongos, improvised lyrics

Camino a Mayagüez

bomba, afro-puerto rican style, celebratory song originating with slaves who couldn’t freely practice religion, competition between drummers and dancers

Tanta Vanidad

Plena, Afro-Puerto Rican genre similar to bomba but more melodic with accordion, focus on lyrics that make political commentary, heavy percussion and call and response structure

Apágame la vela

merengue típico, from the Dominican but with heavy European influence as heard through the accordion, uses güira and tambora, repetitive and suggestive lyrics with nasal timbre and energetic drumming

Get on Bad

Soca, carribean and english fusion (soul and calapyso), party genre with electric guitar and brass, fast syncopated bass line

Serpent Maigre

biguine, syncopated dance style from Martinique, dialogue between clarinet and trombone, dixieland jazz influence, no lyrics

Zouk-La-Se Sel Medikaman Nou ni

Zouk, from the French Antilles, Haitian immigrants brought rhythms such as bélé with them, party atmosphere drawn from Mardi Gras celebrations

Garota de Ipanema

Bossa Nova, Afro-brazilian rhythms created by guitar, piano, saxophone, and shaker, lyrics in both english and spanish, positive reflecting the good in Brazil at the time such as economic boom and soccer team winning world cup

S.P.C.

Samba, from brazil and rose in popularity when slavery was abolished, continuous tamborine and guitar in the background provide the “samba shuffle“, and choir responds to the main voice

Asa Branca

forró, genre from rural Brazil, accordian was added in by European immigrants, cheerful dance music with lyrics that are both humorous and melancholy as a response to the struggles of farmers and lower class

Agachate el sombrerito

bambuco, from interior colombia, rural folk dance with guitar and a single singer professing his love, accompanied by courtship dance from europe and complex rhythms from africa

cumbia cienaguera

cumbia, from colombia with african influence originally as a courtship ritual turned dance, syncopated rhythms with conga drums, accordian, and guitar, suggestive lyrics

El currulao me llama

currulao, from pacific coast of Colombia with African influence, 6/8 rhythm with drums and shakers, single repeating verse and call and response structure