Chilean Folk Music

Inca is a civilization long lived before in ancient Peru between C.1400 and 1533 CE. Inca had the largest empire on planet Earth. Approximately twelve million people lived there before the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro invaded the Incan empire in 1532-1572. This fight has lasted for forty until it came to an end and the spanish had won and the former Inca lands had been incorporated and turned in Viceroyalty of Peru.

with the frequency of the Inca establishing alliances to acquire new territory instead of violence

How did Cuba and Brazil affect popular music, culture and dance in the 1940’s and 50’s? In this investigation I am going to establish what affects Cuba and Brazil had on popular music and dance. The first thing I’m going to do is discover how the music from Cuba and Brazil spread to America, the center of music. While doing my research I will be looking at what types of music were popular in Cuba and Brazil during the 40’s and 50’s as well as how these types of music affected American popular music. Two of the sources I used in this essay, Latin Music USA and Music in Brazil will then be evaluated. To

The Maasai Beaded Stick or Beaded Rungu is a long piece of wood with a knob at the end. It very much resembles a cane. It has hundreds of rows of meticulous beading on everywhere but the knob which was sometimes used to hit people. While it is a weapon it is also so much more. It is used to signify power and leadership. (The Maasai Beaded ). They are only presented to men by women who make them and bead them by hand after carving them out of one large piece of wood. It is most commonly presented when a man becomes the head of a household. Men carry them to important ceremonies and events and some people also dance with them (The Maasai Beaded ). It’s one of the most culturally significant items in for people in Kenya (Interview with Irene).

Music plays a huge role in my life. From having a bad day, to turning it to a happier day; and with other songs, they move me. But the type of songs that makes me feel like this is the Mexican music, or “Regional Mexicano”. I have noticed that these types of songs are what most Mexicans prefer to listen to. Usually they listen to them when they are sad about something, probably because his girlfriend left him, or just because he woke up on the wrong side of the bed ha-ha. Or just because Mexicans are happy, they listen to the most joyful songs they can hear.

Common among Andean and Peruvian indigenous populations, the siku is a panpipe made of cylindrical reeds of different lengths tied together.

Music is a universal understanding of one’s culture. It allows people from all parts of the world to come together to appreciate and love one another for their differences. My mother is Filipino and my father is Mexican. Though both ethnicities are rich in history, I have chosen to specifically focus on the land of my father, Jalisco, Mexico. With lively rhythms, different vocalists, and historical dances, Jalisco’s music comes together to tell a story.

The traditional conjunto format deprived of a collaboration of musical instruments such as the congas, bongos, bass, piano, trees, a horn section, as well as the smaller handheld percussion instruments: claves, guíro, or maracas, which are all played by the singers. The Cuban horn section traditionally consists of trumpets, but trombones are frequently used in salsa.

When less than two hundred Spanish men went up against millions of Incas, it’d be expected that the Incas would win. But the Spanish turned out victorious. How did they do it? How did the Spanish manage to not only kill, but conquer the Incas and their territory? With domesticated animals, wWheell-grown crops, steel, germs, and the right geography, territories could overpower other territories.

Music in Cuba is comprised of a large number of facets that extends beyond just that of musical styles and sounds, including unique instruments, performance and styles of dance. Cuban music culture is regarded as incredibly rich and influential and can be argued to be the most significant music culture in Latin America. The root of Cuban music traditions can be stemmed back to a strong influence by West African and European cultures and music, with African rhythm being fused with Spanish and European music brought by the settlers. It was this combination of African and European immigrants that fused the sound of Cuban music, with the African slaves introducing the sounds of percussion and rhythm that was known to them from home. This saw many different types of drums be introduced to Cuba, primarily the bongos, congas and bata drums.

Latin American music arrived shortly after the arrival of Columbus. With the merging of different cultures into the new world, new music was created into what we know as Latin American music. Some music that was brought to American includes; Samba, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Timba, Latin Pop, Rock en Español, and the Tango (Quintana, 2013, Para 8-12). Latin American music is very colorful just like the dance that comes with it.

Traditionally made from African Blackwood, also called grenadilla, the instrument is made in 3 parts. The top joint has 10 or 11

Cajon is a percussion instrument, typically a cuboid, introduced in flamenco music in 1970s ("Instruments of the World – Cajon). Five sides of the cajon are made mainly of thick pine or other white wood. The sixth side (striking surface) is made of plywood and it is named tapa and has a sound hole cut on the opposite side ("Instruments of the World – Cajon). Also usually modern cajons have a lot of screws for adjusting the timbre. There are also other trapezoidal and tubular

The music of Peru is a fusion of sounds and different style of playing that originated from Spain, Africa and the indigenous people of South America. This influence of the European and later Africa music can be seen and heard in the different sounds throughout Peru. The Typical instruments used are, the flute and the antara or zampoña, which is an instrument made of reeds and looks similar to the instrument played by the Greek god Pan. The most common musical instrument is the guitar. It has several forms, the box and the traditional guitar, which in Peru has also a smaller variant, known as the "charango" and mandolin.

The usual bagpipe was believed to be constructed by shepherds because they had all the correct materials that they needed for the bag part of the instrument on hand. It is made up of four parts, the blow-stick, the bag, the chanter, and one more drones. Today, most materials used to construct the bagpipe are manufactured and not made out of animals, like the bagpipe was when it was created. The bag part of the bagpipes outer structure usually consisted of cow’s skin, sheep skin, goat skin, or even dog skin.