Latin Dance & Music

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Flamenco

Salsa

Tango

Habanera

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FlamencoMusic & Dance

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Today you will be exploring the following elements of the flamenco:

Cultural OriginRhythmic

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Cultural Origin

Originated in Andalucía, Spain

Dance of the gypsies

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Typical Instruments Guitar Castanets Cajon

a type of box drum

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Rhythmic Elements Dance

Hand clapping Foot stomping Mixed with instruments

Music Includes traditional instruments With or without vocals Lack of traditional rhythm throughout Based in a minor key

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Watch & Listen

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Flamenco Quiz

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Quiz Question 1

In what country did the flamenco originate?

Cuba Spain

Quiz Question 2

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Quiz Question 3

The music of the flamenco must include both instruments and vocals.

True False

SalsaMusic & Dance

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following elements of the salsa:

Cultural Origin

Typical Instruments

Rhythmic

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Cultural Origin A mix of Cuban and

Puerto Rican cultures Some African

influence Similar to the food

since it’s a mix of cultures

Obvious influence of jazz

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Typical Instruments Trumpet Trombone Bongos Congas Timbales Bass guitar Listen and watch

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Rhythmic Elements 6 steps in 8

counts of music Side to side feel Based on Cuban

style Són Clave

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Salsa Quiz

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Quiz Question 1

The salsa originated in both Cuba and what other country?

Puerto Rico

Costa Rica

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Quiz Question 3

The music of the salsa has 4 steps in 6 counts of music.

True False

Tango

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Elements of the Tango

Cultural Origin

Typical Instruments

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Cultural Origin

1850-1890 Argentina and Uruguay. Tango dance and Tango music

originated in the area of Rio de la Plata. Early Tango was known as Tango

Criollo, or simply tango. Today there are many variations of

Tango.

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Instruments

Typical instruments used for the Tango are the following:

Accordion, Bandoneon, Piano, Guitar, Violin, and Double Bass.

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Rhythmic Elements

The musical rhythm of the Tango incorporates many dotted rhythms in various patterns.

The dance steps are variations of the basic pattern of - Slow,Slow, Quick Quick --- Slow, Slow Quick, Quick Slow

Slow, Slow Quick, Quick, Quick Slow

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Tango Quiz

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What are the countries of origin for the Tango?

Argentina and Uruguay Argentina and Paraguay

Which instrument groups are typical of the Tango?

Accordion, Violin,Guitar, Cello, Bandoneon

Accordion, Violin,Guitar, Piano, Bandoneon

Which steps are typical of the Tango?

Slow, Slow, Quick, QuickSlow, Slow, Quick, Quick

Slow, Quick, Slow, QuickSlow, Quick, Slow, Quick

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Habanera

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Elements of the Habanera

Cultural Origin

Famous Habaneras

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Cultural Origin

The name Habanera [abAnerah] is from the capitol city in Cuba (Havana).

In the mid-19th century, the habanera developed from the contradanse.

The earliest identified "contradanza habanera" is La Pimienta, an anonymous song published in an 1836 collection.

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Famous Habaneras

Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen is the most famous Habanera.

Sebastian Yradier’s La Paloma (The dove) is a contemporary favorite Habanera known throughout Europe and Latin America.

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Rhythmic Elements

The musical rhythm of the Habanera incorporates a basic dotted rhythm.

The dance is typically in a 2/4 meter and is made of dotted eight note, sixteenth, eight, eight note pattern.

Long - quick- slow- slow is the dance pattern.

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Habanera Quiz

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What is the country of origin for the Habanera?

SpainCuba

What was the origin of the name of the Habanera?

Named after a Hot and spicy pepper.

(Habanero)

Named after theCapital of Cuba.

(Havana)

Which rhythm is the original Habanera rhythm?

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Citations Unless otherwise noted, all clipart comes directly

from the Microsoft Office Clipart Gallery Images & Clipart (slides in parentheses)

TangoSlide1 (3 & 24) http://www.tangoindia.in/page/2/ TangoInstruments (27)

http://www.rincondeltango.net/about_tango.htm TangoRhythmic (28) http://www.pornramming.com

/wiki/skins/tango/old/ TangoQuizSlide (29) http://www.passionfortango.com/ TangoEnd (33) http://soli.inav.net/dance/tango.html HabaneraSlide1 (3 & 34)

http://www.rodezart.com/Doc/Events_2008.htm HabaneraRhythm1 (38)

http://medlibrary.org/medwiki/Clave_%28rhythm%29 HababeraQuiz (39)

http://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.2/articles1.2/korejwo1.2.html HabaneraEnd (43) http://soli.inav.net/dance/tango.html

Citations Audio Files (slides in parentheses)

Cacho Oro (9) composed by Pete Calandra taken from http://www.freeplaymusic.com/

Salsa After Siesta (19) composed by Hal Goldstein taken from http://www.freeplaymusic.com/

Love Tango Melody (28) composed by Jerome Langlois taken from http://www.freeplaymusic.com/

Hymn to the Forest (38) composed by Jerome Langlois taken from http://www.freeplaymusic.com/

Citations Video Files (slides in parentheses)

http://revver.com/video/1495717/unm-taos-flamenco-dancers/ (9)

http://revver.com/video/1296765/the-history-of-salsa-dancing-part-1-afro-carribean-origins/ (10)

Websites (slides in parentheses) http://www.red2000.com/spain/flamenco/index.html (6) http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/

genre/content.genre/flamenco_718/en_US (6) http://www.salsa-dancing-addict.com/history-of-salsa.html (16) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0312/

sights_n_sounds/media2.html (26) http://disney.go.com/videos/characters/?content=1239851#/

videos/characters/&content=1239851 (37)