Popular Music

This is the word where the popular music is derived and it means “the people.”

Populus

This is a dance from African origins around 1938 which evolved into African-Brazilian inventions in the working class and slum districts of rio de janeiro.

Samba

What is the most adventurous kind of samba?

Batucada

This is a fusion of the popular music or anciones of Spain and the African rumba rhythm of bantu origin .

Son

Where did son originated?

Cuba

This is a social dance that marked influences from Cuba and Puerto Rico that started in New York.

Salsa

This is a dual-headed drum made from a deep tree trunk with patches made of calf or goats milk.

Bombo

This is a rattle made from dried hooves from sheep, llama, or goat and is worn with a wrist cloth bracelet.

Chajchas

This is a panpipe type of reed made of pieces of bamboo that are tied together.

Zamponas

This is a 10-string guitar made from shell or armadillo.

Charango

This is a flute made of bones or bamboo that has a vertical notched reed.

Quena

This is a pair of hardwood sticks played by striking them together.

Claves

This is a rectangular box made of wood and played or used as a drum.

Cajon

Cajon is also known as?

Beatbox

This instrument is made of gourd-like coconut shells with beans, seeds, or small pebbles placed inside.

Maracas

These are narrative songs passed on from one generation to another through oral tradition.

Folk song

These are tropical narrative song printed on the sheet that uses only one side of the paper.

Broadside Ballads

The topics and lyrics are intended more on entertainment rather than politics.

18th century english songs

These are songs with romantic lyrics during the 19th century.

Scottish and Irish Songs

This is characterized by strong beats and has a lyrics about relationship between man and woman.

Rhythm and Blues

This is commonly enjoyed by white Americans generally of the working classes of the south.

Country music

Country music is also called as?

Hillbilly music or western music

This is characterized by the use of electric guitars, astrong syncopated rhythm and youth oriented text.

Rock and Roll

This is a spontaneous passion of singing from black gospel music.

Soul

Soul music is most performed by?

Black Americans

It has a very loud amplifications with electric distortions of the sound and throbbing rhythms.

Heavy metal

This is characterized by nihilistic lyrics that is referring to the rejection of values, religions, and morality.

Punk rock

It’s element is repetitive lyrics and it also encourages freestyle dancing.

Disco

This is a kind of black popular music and which rhymed versus are improvised and chanted to a highly rhythmic, dance-based accompaniment.

Rap