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Virtuoso

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highly skilled musician

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gaucho picture

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bongo picture

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Ocarina

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Clay flute, often in the shape of animals

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Harp

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One of the few string instruments present in the Americas previous to European settlers.

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Conquistadors

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Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain

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Vihuela Picture

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Tambor Mayor

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A master drum used in Cumbia music.

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Gaucho

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Argentinian cowboy that sings folk music.

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Cumbia

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Folk dance from Colombia that incorporates African influence

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violin picture

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Oral Tradition

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Music passed on verbally, without written records

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conga picture

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ocarina picture

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Guitar

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A string instrument that was brought to Mexico by Spaniards.

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Juga

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Colombian dance in which a man and a lady move as if they were in a knife duel.

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Call & Response

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a song style, popular in Africa and Latin America, in which a singer or musician leads with a call and a group responds

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Trumpets

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Aerophone - horn used in Mariachi music.

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Guitarron Picture

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Arrullo

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A farewell lullaby

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marimba picture

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Amautas

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Inca music masters that taught songs of heroic deeds and events with great detail to preserve the history of the community.

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Syncopation

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Rhythms with emphasis on 'upbeats'.

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trumpet picture

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Guitarron

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Mexican bass guitar used in mariachi music

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Calypso

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a style of music that began in Trinidad and combines musical elements from Africa, Spain, and the Caribbean

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Improvisation

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Making up musical ideas while performing; also used in dance.

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Violin

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4 stringed bowed Chordophone used in Mariachi music.

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Mestizo Music

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Music of those with mixed blood (European & Native)

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Quena

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Aerophone - Notched flute used in Latin American music.

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Smallpox

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The disease that decimated many Native American communities

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Quena picture

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Marimba

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Idiophone - xylophone common in Central American music.

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Velorio

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Funeral service for a child.

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Slit-log drum

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Idiophone made of a hollowed log, used for signaling, often near the Amazon river.

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Vihuela

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Small, high pitched Mexican guitar with 5-6 strings, used in Mariachi music.

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Zapateado

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a rhythmic stamping or tapping step characteristic of Spanish dancing.

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Tango

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A Latin American dance performed at a moderately slow, walk-like tempo in 4/4 meter, typically performed by a couple.

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Social dancing

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Form of dancing that was brought to the Americas by the Spaniards and Portuguese.

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Mariachi

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A strolling band consisting of a guitarron, vihuela, trumpets, violins, voice and sometimes harp.

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panpipes picture

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Panpipe

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Aerophone - Mouth organ (sometimes referred to as a flute) consisting of several pipes of varying lengths that are blown into.

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Harp picture

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Mariachi band picture

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Bullerengue

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an exhibition dance that features a single pair of dancers doing flashy moves.

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Zarzuela

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The Mexican version of Spanish musical theater, a light,song and dance form that alternates between sung and spoken dialogue and various types of ENSEMBLE and solo song.

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