Posted on June 1, 2010.
5 popular Latin American Music Styles Do you know that Latin America has greatly contributed to and enriched the music world? Latin American music takes the number of late genres.While some of them are from other indigenous traditions'some are drawn from the folk tradition of European music. You can discover the influence of African music and musicians and many singers'dancers have their roots in Africa.
While Latin music has its own unique characteristic, it echoes the same universal human feelings and forms emotion.Some popular Latin Music Tango, Salsa, Samba, Son, Bossanova and the list goes on.
Tango
Tango, one of the most popular genres of Latin America was a native of Argentina in the 1890s. The working class has created this new rhythm. They were inspired by the Cuban habanera and the local milonga. The music used to reflect a pessimistic mood. He used to describe pain developed by the unavoidable fate.
Tango has been adopted by the people of the United States in 1910 and has taken a new direction. Instead of the echo of a melancholy he began to portray an atmosphere more erotic. "Yo Soy La Morocha" by Enrique Saborido is considered one of the first hits of Tango. Tango has been enriched with more poetry in the era of the 1930s, when song writing into a literate intellectual matter.
Bossanova:
Bossanova can be described as the music of the bourgeoisie since it was formed by the very young intellectuals. Bossanova jazz mixed at a time and slower, gentler form of Samba. Bossanova essentially captures a romantic, bohemian life, natural beauty and so on. It is the genre most crowd favorite easy-listening. Bossanova was made popular by artists such as Jobim, Moraes Cardoso, Gilberto and so on. Some numbers include Bossanova popular Garota de Ipanema, Desafinado, Chega de Saudade, etc. The contribution of DeAndrade can not deny who composed "The Guitar Solo", Shambhala Moon and ocean mixing American folk music, jazz, samba and classical European music.
Son:
The next name that comes in the list is the Son. This kind of popular music was born in Cuba in the 20th century. Artists like Miguel Matamoros, Ignacio Pineiro, made of a blend of African rumba and Spanish folk music and is popular Son. The instruments that were initially accompanied by son claves, tres, bongos and bass. Son has taken a new turn in the 1920s when Miguel Perez Failde first documented case Dazon, another version of the Son (for the upper class). It is mainly performed with flute and violin orchestras. Some big names in this field include Xavier Cugat, Arsenio Rodriguez, Rene Alvarez etc.
Salsa
Salsa is a very popular form of Latin music . It is even more popular as a form of dance. Salsa originated with the Son as Son has been renamed to Salsa in 1973. Salsa owes its fame to the "Salsa" concert held in New York in 1976. Salsa is also known as "Guaguanco" to Puerto Rico. Guaguanco reminds us a kind of dance Rumba.
In 1978 Ruben Blades has composed the music for the album's best-selling salsa ever. Different people like Angel Canales introduced different versions of salsa. The band members Eddie Palmieri has created a jazzy version of Salsa and aggressive.
Gradually, Salsa has also been contaminated by various political issues.
Samba
This is essentially a form of dance related to Candombled rituals of Africa. The word "Samba" originally in 1838. He was influenced by the form of Brazilian dance "Maxixe. Soon he emerged as a kind of popular music. The rhythm of the samba is designed so that it can be associated with singing, dancing and parade. Samba.