The Modence And Music Of Cuban Music

Generations upon generations of people have been thriving in Spanish speaking countries. Cuba is no different, through traditional clothing and special holidays they always are in tune with the past. With flamboyant traditional attire, that rivals the suns bright color and Spring flowers, coupled with fun to watch free flowing up beat music like Guaguancó or Pachanga, the Cuban culture is very exciting. In order to start to describe my family ties with Cuba, I will use an analogy: With every spin of a vibrant dress it seems as if the hands of time slowly turn back time. As the clock goes back so does my family history. In the early 1920's my great grandmother and her family made the trip from Spain to Cuba. Ever since then my family has had bearings

Hispanic’s music had a great impact in USA. Nowadays, Americans listen to Hispanics’ music. Hispanics’ music now is part of American’s culture. These changes in USA began around of 19th century, when Hispanics immigration increases in the USA. One of the big changes in music occurred around 1940s, when Americans began to recognize the efforts of Cuban-American musicians. One of the Cuban bands was Cugat. It was known better Orchestra ‘based in New York’s Waldorf Astoria’ which had a great visual and musical style. Another Cuban band was Machito who were dominated as one of the best New York’s scenes at that time. Thanks, to those bans Americans adopted some of Cubans’ dances and performances such as rumba, mambo and cumbia. Americans used and still using the Cuban instruments like bongos and maracas to create their rhythms. Later on, Americans created Jazz by African Americans with the influenced of Cuban’s music.

Many of the modern Cuban music comes from Europe and Africa. There are very few native traditions as it is Cuban music now consist of a mixture of African and European music. The paths with African music crossed when the Africans would work on large plantations and the Spanish would be on small farms. The Africans made many percussion instruments and rhythms that fit the new instruments well. The Spanish saw the innovation of the Africans and made the guitar as their contribution to the musical style of hard laborers. The Europeans gave the Spanish the idea to combine music styles and express it in a visual form, more commonly known as notes.

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.

Music has been around since the beginning. It is considered an important part and symbol of traditions and cultures. Despite the long history of music, it was not until the 1920’s when a genre emerged that was the first to originate from black individuals on the streets, be made by the working-class, and feature traditional African instruments (Moore 89). This genre was Son. Son music began in eastern Cuba and then slowly spread across the nation as individuals migrated to find opportunities or got called into duty in the Cuban military. Eventually, the music was spread across Cuba and Havana became known as the center for Son music. The spread of Son music went further than just Cuba – it became a worldwide phenomenon. Considering Son music incorporated various African traditions, the genre was not able to bring full racial equality and faced many challenges when being promoted in Cuba.

This music type has been influential to the salsa, jazz, and the tango. The genera of music are traditionally folk and areito. Slaves and immigrants that came to Ch a brought their music style with them which helped the music to grow and take on different rhythms and beats. Some common instruments used in Cuban music are the bata drums, the banjo, claves, bongos, and the Cuban laud. These are unique instruments and not a lot of other cultures use the same instruments.

The early Christian Church in Spanish controlled Cuba was one of the first groups to call for the abolition of slavery; however, they approached the concept prior to Cespedes and from a

As the island’s regional populations transformed due to these migrations, older forms of music declined, and new variations of music were created with new content and context. Other U.S. influenced factors contributing to this situation were trade routes, and advances in transportation and roadbuilding. These new variations of Puerto Rican music became part of Puerto Rican culture. Yet, had it not been for United States interference in the lives of Puerto Ricans, these particular musical forms never would have developed.

Cuba’s early history is characterized by colonization, agricultural capitalism, the introduction of African slave labor, and a class system that divided the island (Mintz, 1971). Beginning in the 1800’s the Catholic Church ideology saturated Cuban society, which was the standard of Spanish-speaking Latin America at that time. Education at this time was an opportunity experienced by elite, white, males and centered on rigid Catholic tenets of philosophy. The base economy was agriculture, and African slaves

Assignment #1 The influence of Africans in Dominican Republic music Dominican Republic is mainly known for Merengue and Bachata music, but there are other music forms that were played on the island of Hispaniola long before the music that most relate to that country. The slaves brought that music that is heard on the entire island and it was transmitted for over 500 years. However, most Dominicans do not recognize this music as their own because they consider it as more Haitian because of its African origins. Many have tried to disassociate themselves from their African-Slave background. Nowadays, it seems that more Dominicans are starting to pay attention to these forms of music.

With the loss of a large percent of the population on the island, conquerors had to go to Africa to gather people to help with labor. With the usage of slaves from Africa, the island that was once mostly made up of indigenous native people became multicultural. Colonization changed Cuba’s way of economy. While under the Spanish crown, Cuba’s economy suffered due to strict policies but after Charles III’s reform came into place, the economy began to flourish. Cuba had and has bountiful resources such as cigars, sugar cane, and tobacco.

What causes these individuals to claim that hip-hop is not a Cuban culture, but an African culture rests upon the facts that it is. However, it is an “amalgam of African diasporic culture” (Osumare 273). We can’t forget where hip-hop originated and the pioneers of hip-hop DJ Kool Herc, and DJ Grandmaster Flash both “Jamaican-born” along with Afrika Bambaataa, who is of Barbadian descent. The Puerto Ricans, and the Afro Cuban people whose congas used as “percussive springboards” for the novice break-dancer as well as African American jazz and soul musicians should also receive recognition (Osumare 273). Due to our country’s original predecessors of hip-hop being born in different parts around the world and immigrating to the United States

Afrocuban cultural structures, especially dance and music, were significant to the meaning of the new country during the neocolonial republic. Afrocubanismo, the union results of the African majority share's a way of life and that of the prevailing European minority, was the "applied system of present day Cuban culture." African rhythms were embedded into popular music, and the Eurocuban dances "danza" and "contra-danza" and the Afrocuban moves "son" and rhumba wound up noticeably well known. Expressive language, dance, and music are a cultural legacy that Cubans express often. Any Cuban can dance and appreciates performing at Carnivals, for sightseers, or at parties. Afrocuban music is performed on street corners and in parlors everywhere

Cuban music was changed dramatically over the years; Its humble beginnings began with sheet music to piano rolls in Havana, a stylistic change was coming. Although different genres such as criolla, cancion and danzon were considered very much the epitome of Cuban expression. The new movement of Afrocubanismo influenced everything from music, poetry and paintings. At first they were very much influenced by Western Europe art songs and classically trained singers. The working class and others like the black guajiros were absent. Throughout the history of Cuba much is discussed about the true heritage music of this great country and discard Afro Cuban music because it was considered black music. Many composers needed to use different terms to