Calypso Music

Flamenco, a beguiling mix of guitar, song and dance forged by the ancient Andalucía Gypsies. Its theme of joy and sorrow appears to be an expression of the Gypsy way of life. Flamenco is very evoking to gypsies. It brings out the spirit that comes from inside, a mysterious power that everyone feels but no one can explain. Flamenco fuels a

Calypso music is considered as party and dance music, but the main focus is really the lyrics. Calypso music was used by slaves. The slaves would use the lyrics to make their work go by faster. The lyrics are usually political in nature and also feature some kind of social commentary. A classic calypso song called “Rum and Coca-Cola”, talks about the American Military bases in Trinidad in the 1940s. The movie “Rio” features many Calypso songs. In the movie “The Little Mermaid” the very popular song, “Under the Sea”, is also Calypso music. The song “Day-O” is one of the most well known Calypso songs. The Tim Burton movie, “Beetle Juice” feature some of Harry Belafonte’s Calypso sings. Some Calypso music artists are: Mighty Sparrow, Harry Belafonte, David Rudder, Lord Brynner, Mighty Shadow, Mighty Gabby, and Singing

The official name of Madagascar is the Republic of Madagascar, and it is considered an island country that is off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. Madagascar is widely known for the traditional music that is played, and it is influenced from various horizons. Traditional music can have a sacred or celebratory value to it because it can become useful to a ritual, but can also be used to enlighten the environment of the village. The music is normally modern, but has a relation to today’s pop culture which replaces traditional musicians and the melodies that are provided. This new style of Madagascan music has an underlying ternary rhythm that is usually detected in the music.

With more than four and half million Italian immigrants arriving to American between the years of 1876-1924, traditions, food, literature and an immense amount of Italian culture was slowly spread nationwide. With that, Italian music was also brought across seas. Music in New York City began developing rapidly during the nineteenth century as the number of immigrants and residents steadily increased. Italian music has become popular genre with many subdivisions. Italian music has also become an influential genre of music on other types of popular music.

In “The Rise of Calypso Feminism: Gender and Musical Politics in the Calypso” (Popular Music, 2001), author Cynthia Mahabir specifically examines and explains how calypso advanced women’s rights, and its impact in challenging gender and ethnic norms in Trinidad-Tobago. Mahabir begins with historical context, and mentions how calypso used to be dominated by men, whose lyrics and performances commonly satirized and degraded the status of women. Female calypsonians then used their music to “talk” to other women and question social conventions. They dispelled the disparaging images of women, as portrayed by male calypsonians in the past, by presenting women as strong, dignified people worthy of respect. Mahabir recounts the “divas of calypso,”

Italian folk music reflects the area’s history, language, and its ethnic composition. Italian folk music can identify the region, it is from. In the North the music is symbolic with intelligible lyrics and a very strict tempo compared to the Southern region, which has a more stained vocal style (Italian Music). Folk music began developing with the shift from writing in Latin to Italian around 12th century Italy (Italian Music). Italy’s diverse variety of folk music represents the cultural uniqueness and each’s regions own individuality.

The calypso style of music began around the time of the French settlement in Trinidad during the late 18th century. At this time this type of music was not yet pronounce "calypso". In a good calypso song the lyrics would grasp three main dimensions. The first is extempore. If the individual could produce lyrics at the spur of the moment it was greatly admired by the listeners. Second, added comments of social and political issues were slid into a verse. Thirdly the calypso singers would trade insults. This would later lead to what would become known as calypso wars. Today the lyrics of calypso contain so much information on political

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For example, Caribbean music is performed for occasions of hunting, for working in the agricultural fields. Their music can function as love songs, lullabies or tributes to the dead too. Some Caribbean music are also found in large-scale public celebrations such as carnivals, festivals and competitions, such as track 4-1 (Tuk Band) and track 4-32 (Carnival Montage) in the video where the performance occurs in an inter-Caribbean cultural festival.

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When these slaves were emancipated in the year 1838, the door was fully opened for the Africians to participate in their own carnival celebrations. They then took over carnival and embraced it as an expression of their freedom. They celebrated this festival with calypso music, soca music, costumes, stick-fighting and limbo. The elements of carnival were developed from the Africian slaves. Calypso music was created in Trinidad during the 17th century by these slaves that were imported to the Caribbean island to work on sugar

The song (cante) is the most important element of flamenco. Originally, flamenco was comprised of purely cante, with hand-clapping (palmas) (knuckle-rapping

As with many other musical genres, Ska evolved from several other existing genres. Particularly: Mento, which is Jamaican folk music, blending African rhythms, Latin rhythms, and Anglo folk songs (Romer 2017) , Calypso, music originating primarily from Trinidad, “heavily rooted in West African traditional music”. Slaves used Calypso to communicate as well as for entertainment (Romer, thoughtco.com 2017) . Ska was also influenced by “North American rhythm and blues, jazz, and early rock ’n’ roll.” Ska is fast, upbeat, “in a 4/4 time signature with heavy syncopation—an emphasis on the second and fourth beats of a measure, known as the backbeat—as well as a guitar or piano line hitting the offbeat. The rhythm produced an offbeat strike known as the "skank." Ska bands tended to feature horn sections, and harmony singers were common, though the songs revolved around a lead singer's solos”. The North American influence is seen in the way Ska music is structured, as it is comparable to music that was popular at that time in the United States (Romer, thoughtco.com November) .