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Music of the Peoples of the World Chapter 15
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Undergraduate 3
10/03/2010

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Huasteca
Definition
A folk ensemble that features the sweet falsetto of a male singer accompanied by two guitars and a lively violin
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Syncretism
Definition
The fusion of cultures that takes place when different ethnic groups meet
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Criollos/Mestizos
Definition
Latin Americans of mixed race
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Coplas
Definition
Pairs of lines, in song lyrics
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Samba
Definition
Brazilian dance form
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Rumba
Definition
Cuban dance form
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Tango
Definition
Argentinean dance form
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sesquialtera
Definition
a metric type in which the beat alternates between simple triple and compound duple meters
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Autos
Definition
Folk religious dramas in which music plays an important part
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Son
Definition
A form of mestizo music that refers to a wide variety of different song and dance types
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Chilena
Definition
Folk band type that originated in Acapulco that involves a guitar, a smaller guitar called a requinto, and sometimes wind instruments
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Huapango
Definition
Folk band from the rural regions around Mexico City that features a violin that plays fast-running figures
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Mariachi
Definition
Folk band type that originated in the ranches around the Guadalajara; features the guitarron and a pair of trumpets
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Guitarron
Definition
Distinctive bass instrument of mariachi bands; played by plucking strings with the fingers
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Jarocho
Definition
Band from the veracruz region known for fast lively dances and songs such as La Bamba
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Zapateados
Definition
Stamping, boot-tapping dances that go on through to dawn
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Jarana
Definition
five-course guitar slightly smaller than the Spanish guitar
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Requinto
Definition
A small guitar
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Arpa
Definition
A diatonically tuned harp
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Maniqueos
Definition
alternating patterns of up and down strums
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Bajo sexto
Definition
bass guitar with six double courses tuned an octave lower than a traditional Spanish guitar
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Canciones Revolucionarias
Definition
"Revolutionary Period"
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Zarzuelas
Definition
a type of operetta
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Musica Popular Brasileira
Definition
Post bossa nova popular music
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Kena
Definition
Andean notched flute
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Bomba
Definition
Andean bass drum
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Charango
Definition
Small guitar, whose resonator is traditionally made of an armadillo shell
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Huayno
Definition
a lively duple meter dance with a characteristic long-short-short rhythm, often played on a bomba
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Cumbia
Definition
African-influenced fast duple meter dance
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Chicha
Definition
hybrid style combining the Colombian cumbia, Cuban percussion, and North American rock with the local huayno
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Cajon
Definition
an open wooden box that a drummer sits on and plays with his or her hands
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Capoiera
Definition
Stylized martial art dance
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Berimbau
Definition
Musical bow tapped with a stick and equipped with a half-gourd resonator placed against the chest
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Atabaque
Definition
A tall drum
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Agogo
Definition
A double iron bell
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Rasgueado
Definition
Strumming technique in which the fist is opened and then closed over the strings
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