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| Comprised of the following styles: son montuno, changui, guaracha, son urbano, sucu-sucu… Musical instruments: tres or Cuban tres, bongo, guiro or guayo, maracas, marímbula…Characteristic ensembles: sexteto de son, estudiantinas, septeto de son, conjunto or conjunto cubano. |
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| Comprised of the following styles: guaguancó, yambú, columbia, congas (of the comparsas in Carnaval), tonadas trinitarias…Musical instruments: tumbadoras (conga drums) with different names and skin sizes: hembra or tres-dos, macho or salidor, quinto. Also catá, (as evolución of the performance of cáscara on the wooden body of the drums) and claves. |
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| (Cuban song) Group. Comprised of the following styles: habaneras, guajiras, criollas, claves, canción trovadorezca, boleros…Musical instruments: guitars, tiple, claves and maracas. |
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| Comprised of the following styles: contradanza cubana, danza cubana, danzón, danzonete, chachachá and mambo. Musical instruments: pailas (or timbales) played in ensembles called charangas francesas or orquestas típicas cubanas. |
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| Punto or Punto Guajiro Group |
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| Comprised of the following styles: punto libre, punto cruzado, punto fijo, tonada or tonada campesina, zapateo (dance form)…Musical instruments: laúd (or laúd cubano) as evolution of Spanish bandurria played in ensembles called grupos campesinos. Vocal soloists are called: poetas or poetas campesinos who improvise controversias in ten stanzas verses called décimas. |
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| Comprised of: batá drums (iyá, itótele and okónkolo), bembé drums, guiros or acheré (gourds), yuka drums, arará drums, iyesá drums, abakuá drums, tumba francesa drums… |
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| Other Caribbean musical genres |
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| merengue and bomba (Spanish and French Caribbean), calypso, reggae and mentó (English Caribbean). |
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| A type of music that was born in Africa but evolved into a new one in Cuba. |
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| Types of music that were born in Cuba. These have as antecedents, different types of European and African music |
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| A type of music that was born in Africa but evolved into a new one in the Caribbean. |
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| A type of music that was born in the Caribbean. These have as antecedents, different types of European and African music. |
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| type of son that includes improvisation |
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| type of rural Cuban party music,couples dancing. |
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| type of rumba, fast tempo, couples dance w/ vacanao |
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| music played during Cuban Carnival celebration |
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| Cuban song/dance style from 1800s |
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| romantic style of Cuban song |
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| Cuban adaptation of French contradance |
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| -"Cuban national dance" – stately, dance music |
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| modern adaptation of danzón |
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| 1950s adaptation of danzon |
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| song style of Eastern Cuban peasants |
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– hour-glass shaped Cuban
drums (adapted from African drums) used in Santeria |
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| type of Cuban 12 string guitar used in Cuban punto music |
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| set of 2 small hand wooden drums used in son |
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| set of 2 gourd shakers used in son |
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| set of 2 metal drums used in danzon |
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| barrel shaped hand drums used in rumba music |
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| two wooden sticks used to play characteristic rhythm in son |
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| gourd scrapers used in Cuban son music |
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