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Question#1: Main Syncretic Religion of Cuba?
Question#2: What instrument is used in its ceremonies? |
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Answer #1: Santeria
Answer #2: Bata Drums |
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| What are the 3 types of Rumba music? |
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1. Guaguanco - seductive couples dance
2. Yambu
3. Columbia - solo male dance |
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| What instruments are used in Rumba? |
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| What are the two sections of Rumba? |
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| What is the official Dance of Cuba? |
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| What is the name of the ensemble used in Danzón? |
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| What is the form of most Danzónes? |
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What is the most influential of all Afro-Cuban popular music styles?
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| What is the form of Cuban Son? |
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Verse- Refrain with Montuno Section.
AA BB AA B C(montuno) |
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| The Cuban son started off as a sexteto and then later became a septeto. What was the instrumentation of the septeto? |
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Tres
Guitar
Claves
Maracas
Bongos
Marimbula (later bass)
Trumpet |
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| What are 3 examples of famous cuban son groups? |
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Sexteto Habanero
Septeto Nacional
Buena Vista Social Club |
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| 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? |
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The conjunto.
Conga
Piano
Bass
2nd & 3rd trumpet.
Parts more standardized ( influence of jazz) |
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| Salsa is an umbrella term for what various cuban and latin styles? |
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| Son-montuno, cha-cha-cha, mambo. |
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| Who was the queen of Salsa? "La Reina de la Salsa" |
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| Salsa emerged out of what city and what time period? |
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| New York City in the late 1960s |
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| What was the main record label for Salsa music when it first gained popularity and who was the founder? |
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| Fania Records, Johnny Pacheco |
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| What instruments were in the typical salsa ensemble? |
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lead singer
2-4 horns
piano
bass
conga
bongo
cowbell
timbales
claves, guiro or maracas |
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