Music Topic: Latin America Year Group: 8 – Half term 5 1. Latin American styles 2. Samba instruments. 3.Key Vocab - Musical elements Latin Countries of central An accordion used in America and southern 1 Bandoneon 1 Melody The main tune, played on instruments or sung. 1 tango America influenced 2 Chords Two or more notes played at once. by the slave trade. A string instrument used 2 Violin in many styles, especially Tango A style of dance and 3 Triad A chord with 3 notes in. in tango. music from Bass line The lowest part in music, provides the harmonic structure of Argentina. 4 2 An instrument used in the music. Developed in the 3 Piano lots of styles, particularly Dotted Making some notes half as long by adding dots after the poorer suburbs of the tango. 5 Buenos Aires. rhythms notes. This is really important in the bass line of the tango. A double headed 4 Agogo Chord A pattern of chords used in music. Samba A style of dance and cowbell. 6 music from Brazil. sequence 5 A whistle, played by the Features percussion Syncopati A rhythmic effect where the music lands on the off beat. Apito leader to tell people 7 3 heavily. Translates as on to pray, call up spirits when to change sections. or to cry and 6 A scraper that plays with 8 Staccato Short detached notes. complain. Reco-reco the shaker. 9 Dynamics The volume of the music Mambo A style of dance and 4 Texture How the instruments are combined, for example monophonic, music from Cuba. 7 A double headed drum 10 Repenique often used to play the homophonic, melody and accompaniment. Rumba A style of dance and solo call. 5 Polyrhyth A group of musicians playing lots of different rhythms at the music from Cuba. 11 8 The bass drums that keep ms same time. Bolero A style of dance and Surdo the samba in time. 6 12 Tempo The speed of the music. music from Cuba. 9 A small headed drum Call and A leader plays a short solo call and the rest of the musicians Merengue A style of dance and Tambourim that plays complicated 13 7 music from the response reply with a set rhythm. rhythms. Dominican Republic. Solo One person plays on their own. 1 A metal triangle played 14 Salsa A style of dance and 0 Triangle by a metal rod, often 8 music from Puerto used in smaller groups. Flats (b) Signs used to make a note a semitone lower. Rico 15 1 A bowed instrument Berimbao Sharps (#) Signs used to make a note a semitone higher. 1 used in Samba. 16 Listen to music by groups like: The Buena Vista Social Club, Astor Piazolla, Diego Zangado and Familia Valera Miranda.