Afro-Latin and Popular Music

African Music is usually upbeat, lively, and positive.

In African Music, the music is like their spiritual food.

African Music is found in their dances, religious practices, and even in their stories of everyday life.

African Drums express the mood of the people.

African Drums is the "heartbeat of the community" which holds dancers together.

A Talking Drum is used for communication, such as alarming tribes when war is coming.

Rain Sticks creates sounds of falling rain.

Rain Sticks attracts water during dry seasons.

Maracatu is an ancient carnival tradition from north-eastern Brazil.

Spirituals

Negro Spiritual is an important role in leading the slaves to freedom.

Negro Spiritual is a secret code through songs to break out from their white owners.

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Soul Music is traced back to when African entrepreneurs hired session musicians to serve the need of black music.

Soul Music expresses deep feeling.

Gospel Music is music that evolved from Soul Music.

Gospel Music are Christian songs with African Musical Styles.

Latin-American Music

Latin Music exploded in popularity with Luis Fonsi's "Despacito."

Polyrhythm is considered the most important element in Latin Music.

6 Latin Instruments:

• Bongos

• Guiro

• Ocarina

• Conga

• Claves

• Zampona

Bongos are a pair of small open-bottomed

drums of different sizes.

Guiro is an empty gourd with a ragged surface.

Ocarina is an ancient vessel flute with 4-12 finger holes.

Conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum like barrels.

Claves are a pair of short wooden sticks.

Zampona is a pan-flute made up of a series of cane tubes bound together.

Popular Music

Popular Music consists of music that is famous at a certain time.

Ragtime originated in the African-American communities of St. Louis, Louisiana during the 1890s.

Ragtime has jazz elements.

Ragtime was influenced by march music of the post-Romantic period, but with a twist of syncopation or ragged African rhythms.

King of Ragtime:

Scott Joplin

A Big Band consists of a more or less 17-person ensemble consisting of five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones, and a rhythm section of a drum set, bass, piano, and guitar.

A band leader conducts a Big Band.

A Big Band is associated with Swing.

Swing is an up-tempo dance style with a trademark shuffling "swing" rhythm.

Bebop is a jazz singing style that started in the US during the 20s.

Bebop was named after the very sound it creates, hence "Bebop".

Bebop is a scat music.

Artists that performed Bebop Music:

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Cab Calloway

Rock and Roll emerged in the 1950s.

Rock and Roll combines blues, country, and folk music with mainstream rock music that everyone enjoyed.

Artists That Lead The First Pop Music Charts Ever Posted:

• Jerry Lee Lewis

• Elvis Presley

• Bill Haley

1960s Pop was characterized by a largely teen die-hard fan base as the portable radio was introduced.

Artist That Showed Up In American Charts:

• British Invasions

Two Groups That Made Waves Across Continents:

• Rolling Stones

• Led Zeppelin

The Beatles set a new standard for pop music, as they dominated the charts from 1962 until their break up in 1970.

Soft Rock or Light Rock is a form of pop rock.

Soft Rock or Light Rock orignated in the late 60s in Southern California and the UK.

Singers in Soft Rock or Light Rock are usually the songwriters themselves.