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– is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, music, and dance, and was created in Brazil by slaves from Africa. |
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is danced in an embrace that can vary from very open, in which leader and follower connect at arms length, to very closed, in which the connection is chest-to-chest, or anywhere in between. |
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Is a relative term referring to people and a social identity involving the blending of European and Amerindian beliefs and cultural practices. Although in the past used as a more racial category, it now more accurately denotes the variable incorporation of Iberian and indigenous cultural heritage. |
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The most widespread Andean mestizo song-dance genre in Peru ? Texts – strophic ? Tunes – short sections in forms such as AABB ? Meter – duple ? Rhythm – typically eighth-and-two-sixteenth-note figure or an eighth-note triplet. |
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Major ensemble type used to provide mestizo dance music • Combines European and indigenous instruments ? Large diatonic harp ? Violins ? Accordian ? Mandolin (sometimes) |
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The combination/juxtaposition of duple and triple rhythmic patterns, both simultaneously in different instrumental parts, or sequentially in the same part; hemiola |
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juxtaposition of duple and triple rhythmic patterns, both simultaneously in different instrumental parts |
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Mestizo song-dance genre of Peru in sesquialtera rhythm. • Also a couples “handkerchief” dance ? Typically in the European major scale ? Characterized by the sesquialtera rhythm in moderate tempo ? Form is typically AABBCC, and this is repeated twice with a short break between as “La Primera” and “La Segunda” parts. ? Texts are always on light romantic themes |
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A slow, sad, lyrical mestizo song genre from Peru. |
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Mexico’s most important song-dance genre, a strophic song usually on romantic themes and in many regions characterized by sesquialtera rhythm. |
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