Caribbean Arts and Popular Culture

Flashcards about Caribbean Music and Dance

Syncretic Changes

Musical forms and genres that emerge from the borrowing and mixing of different cultural elements.

Soca

A musical genre from Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and St. Lucia.

Calypso

Also known as kaiso, this is a musical genre from Trinidad and Tobago.

Chutney, Parang, Pichakaree, Tambrin

Musical genres from Trinidad and Tobago, often involving Indian influence.

Spouge, Ringbang

Musical genres from Barbados.

Marimba, Breakdown, Punta, Punta Rock

Musical genres from Belize.

Junkanoo, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, Rockers, Reggae, Roots Reggae, Lovers Rock, Dub, Nyabinghi, Reggaetón, Dance Hall, Reggae Fusion, Raggamuffin

Musical genres from Jamaica.

Cadance, Zouk

Musical genres from St. Lucia.

Son, Rumba, Habanera, Salsa, Timba, Plena, Merengue, Bachata, Bomba

Musical genres from Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.

Reggaetón

A musical genre from Puerto Rico.

Compass (or Konpa), Mizik Rasin, Rara, Twoubadou

Musical genres from Haiti.

Tumba, Ritmo Kombina

Musical genres from Curaçao.

Kaseko, Kawina

Musical genres from Suriname.

Méringue, Beguine

Musical genres from Martinique and Guadeloupe.

Steelband

Invented during colonial times in Trinidad, this instrument is now important in the region and diaspora.

Tamboo-bamboo bands

Music produced by beating bamboo cuttings of various widths and lengths with wooden sticks, used in Trinidad.