Carribean Music

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  • Music of the Carribean
    • African Musical Influences
      • Syncopations and cross-rhythms
      • Use of percussion
      • Call and response
      • Singing styles
    • European Musical Influences
      • Tonal (based in a key) harmonies and melodies
      • Instruments ie. guitar
    • The music of the Caribbean differs from island to island, but each kind has its origins in a mixture of African and European influences.
    • Instruments
      • The most popular instruments are percussion and drums, different types of guitar and homemade instruments.
      • Percussion : There are many types of drums ie steel pans, and bongos. Percussion instruments: claves - two short pieces of woodmaracas - hand-held shakers cabasa - loops of steel balls wrapped round a cylinder, hand-held
        • These types of instruments are often known as Latin percussion.
      • Guitars ie. guitarrone
    • Salsa is a lively style of dance music with African and Spanish influences that originated in Cuba.
    • Reggae & Skar
      • Reggae is a much slower form of music than ska.
      • Riffs, Rastafarianism, dub remixing
        • Reggae is a much slower form of music than ska.
      • Ska is a fast dance music.
        • Uses electric guitars and jazzy horn section, characteristic offbeat jumpy rhythms, has lyrics about local issues
          • Reggae & Skar
            • Riffs, Rastafarianism, dub remixing
              • Ska is a fast dance music.
                • Uses electric guitars and jazzy horn section, characteristic offbeat jumpy rhythms, has lyrics about local issues

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