MUSIC10_QTR2 - African, Latin American, and Jazz Music

Yodeling

quick change from normal chest voice to falsetto

Call and Response

follow the leader style

Participative Music Making

they don't just listen, they join in and perform together

Blues (African Music)

simple rhymed ballads

Spirituals (African Music)

religious folk song

Soul (African Music)

emotionality of the music / black gospel music tradition

Maracatu (African Music)

gathering by means of intensely emotional uproars

Cumbia (Latin American Music)

courtship dance of africans with steps of americans

Pasodoble (Latin American Music)

"double step" couple dance; entrance of the bullfighter in the ring

Tango (Latin American Music)

originated in lower-class districts of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cha-cha-cha (Latin American Music)

Cuban origin; derived from the sound of the scraper and the rhythm of the shuffling feet of the dancers

Bossa Nova (Latin American Music)

fusion of samba rhythm and improvised passages of jazz

Reggae (Latin American Music)

rhythm with heavy emphasis on beats two and four in 4 4 time signature

Samba (Latin American Music)

lively, rhythmical movement in 2 4 time

Rumba (Latin American Music)

sensual ballroom dance or dances associated with afro-Cuban music

Improvisation (Jazz Music)

making music spontaneously

Syncopation (Jazz Music)

the displacement of accented beats

Blues Scale (Jazz Music)

does not have a second or sixth degree

Bebop Scale (Jazz Music)

scale of 9 notes

Ragtime (Jazz Music)

popular music for solo piano

Bands (Jazz Music)

brass and wind bands

Dixieland (Jazz Music)

New orleans style or hot jazz; instrumental music; 5-8 members

Swing (Jazz Music)

performed by big bands with 15 musicians

Bebop (Jazz Music)

aggressive and fast and not intended for dancing; smaller ensembles called combos

Cool Jazz (Jazz Music)

bebop but without the aggressive nature

Free Jazz (Jazz Music)

avant-garde jazz;

Fusion (Jazz Music)

jazz rock; merging of rock rhythm and jazz improv