Question#1: Main Syncretic Religion of Cuba?

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Question#2: What instrument is used in its ceremonies?

Answer #1: Santeria

Answer #2: Bata Drums

What are the 3 types of Rumba music?

1. Guaguanco – seductive couples dance

2. Yambu

3. Columbia – solo male dance

What instruments are used in Rumba?
Voice & Percussion
What are the two sections of Rumba?
Canto & Montuno
What is the official Dance of Cuba?
Danzón
What is the name of the ensemble used in Danzón?
Charanga
What is the form of most Danzónes?
ABAC (D) A

What is the most influential of all Afro-Cuban popular music styles?

 

Cuban Son
What is the form of Cuban Son?

Verse- Refrain with Montuno Section.

AA BB AA B C(montuno)

The Cuban son started off as a sexteto and then later became a septeto. What was the instrumentation of the septeto?

Tres

Guitar

Claves

Maracas

Bongos

Marimbula (later bass)

Trumpet

What are 3 examples of famous cuban son groups?

Sexteto Habanero

Septeto Nacional

Buena Vista Social Club

What was the ensemble invented by Arsenio Rodriguez that enlarged the septeto, and what instruments were added? What main trait seperated it from its predecessor?

The conjunto.

Conga

Piano

Bass

2nd & 3rd trumpet.

Parts more standardized ( influence of jazz)

Salsa is an umbrella term for what various cuban and latin styles?
Son-montuno, cha-cha-cha, mambo.
Who was the queen of Salsa? “La Reina de la Salsa”
Celia Cruz
Salsa emerged out of what city and what time period?
New York City in the late 1960s
What was the main record label for Salsa music when it first gained popularity and who was the founder?
Fania Records, Johnny Pacheco
What instruments were in the typical salsa ensemble?

lead singer

2-4 horns

piano

bass

conga

bongo

cowbell

timbales

claves, guiro or maracas