Fusion of west african and black american music

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Is a musical genre from nigeria in the yoruba tribal style, used to wake up the worshippers after fasting during the muslim holy feast of ramadan

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Popular musical genre from salvador, bahia, and brazil; fuses the afro caribbean styles of the marcha, reggae, and calypso, and is played by carnival bands

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It is a hard and fast percussive zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment, influenced by mbira-based guitar styles

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Is a popular form of south african music featuring a lively and unhibited variation of the jitterbug, a form of a swing dance

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Popular music style from nigeria that relies on the traditional yotuba rhythms, where the instruments are more western in orgin

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Is a dance style that begun in zaire in the late 1980s, moving the hips back and forth while the arms follow the hip movements

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Is a south african three-chord township music which evolved into african jazz

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Is a jamaican music style that was strongly influence d by the island’s traditional mento music, as well as by calypso, african music, american jazz and rhythm and blues

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Was a jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rock steady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style

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Music in cuban, puertorican, and columbian dance music. It comprises various musical genres including the cuban, sonmontyno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo and bolero

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Is a brazilian musical genre and dance style. It has a lively and rythmical beat

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Also known as the “soul of calypso”. It is originated as a fusion of calypso with Indian rhythms, thus combining the musical traditions of two major ethnic groups of Trinidad and Tobago

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Muslim music often performed as a wake up call for early breakfast and prayers during ramadan celebrations. Relying on pre-arranged music, it fuses the aftican and european styles.

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Is an acient carnival tradition from the north-east of brazil. Black african slaves formed religious brotherhoods to preserve african culture and heritage

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Is an african-american music that traverses a wide range of emotions and musical styles.

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Was a popular music genre of the 1950’s and 1960’s, with combined elements of african-american gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz

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Godfather of soul

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Soul forefathers

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Were orginally an oral tradition that imoarted christian values while also describing the hardships of slavery

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A succession of two distinct phrases usually written in different parts of the music, where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or in response to the first

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Sound is produced by striking the body of the instrument causing it to vibrate

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An example of this is the kalimba and mbira

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Sound is produced by the vibration of a tightly stretched membrane

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Sound is produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points

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Sound is produced by vibrating air

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A performance of voice interaction as an answer to the first chant

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Non scripted ways of singing that allow for sincere conversation

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Originates from bolero and son

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Substyle of samba, an african-influencedbrazilian percussive style, usually performed by an ensemble, known as bateria. Batucadais characterized by its reptitive style and fast pace.

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Dance of cuban origin. It is a dance to the music introduced by cuban composer and violinist enrique jorrin in the early 1950’s

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Is a novelity line dance that was derived from the cuban dance and became popular in the us in the 1930’s and 1959s. The dancer form a long line, which would usually turn into a circle

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Latin dance of cuba which was developed in the 1940’s. The original ballroom dance which emerged in cuba and mexico

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Dance that has influences from african, african slaves

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Genre of music which is described as a mixture of son montuno and merengue. This type of music has a festive, lively style, and is marked by jocular, mischievous lyrics.

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Is a genre of music and dance that originated in the highlands of eastern cuba during the late 19th century. It is a syncretic genre that blends elements of Spanish and African origin

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Partner dance which began in brazil during the early 1990’s

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A style of popular brazilian music derived from the smba but with more melodic and harmonic complexity and less emphasis on percussion

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Syncopated music style, one forerunner of jazz and the predominant style of american popular music

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Jazz group with 10 or more musicians

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Revolutionary new style sound

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Mix of funk and rnb

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Literally mean “music of the populace” similar to the traditional folk music of the past

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1. This refers to melodies and songs of the common people that are handed down from one generation to the next.

It is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southem United States. It has roots in traditional folk music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s. Country and Western music reflects the people's life experiences and local settings.

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The ballad originated as an expressive folk song in narrative verse with text dealing typically with love.

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is used to denote the most popular and
enduring songs from a particular genre or style. Its style is mostly in a slow or moderate
tempo with a relaxed mood.

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was a hugely popular song form in the US

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This music pertained to rock music that was more danceable, thus leading to the establishment of venues for public dancing also called discos.

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genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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is a stylized, highly rhythmic type of music that usually (but not always) includes portions of rhythmically chanted words called
"rap".

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