Kalmar Guide to Latino-Caribbean rhythms

We recently had a Latin American Carnival party and played a wode variety of Latino-Caribbean Music and many people expressed an interest in learning more about the music and enjoyed the dance. So I thought it might be a good idea to put samples of each type so that people can see and hear the differences in the rhythms. All Latino-Caribbean music can be considered of Afro-Arabic origin because the base beats and rhythms have strong African influence and Spanish\Portuguese influence which itself already has Arabic influences.
So here we go....

LATIN MUSIC- Part 1

SALSA- Origins in Cuba with developments from Puerto Rico - a 4 step dance with variations in speed



Jerry Rivera - Que Hay de Malo

MERENGUE- Origins in the Dominican Republic, speed varies a two step da



Olga Tanon - Es Mentiroso




Oro Solido- Chupa tu Paleta

BACHATA - Bachata is the other popular musical genre from the Dominican Republic. Until recently it was associated with the lower classes and rural areas and was not held in high esteem in the official music world.



Victor Victor - Bachata Entre Amigos

VALLENATO - The vallenato is accordion-based music of the valleys of eastern Colombia.



CUMBIA - The Cumbia is one of the most representative types of Colombian music. It is associated with the Caribbean coast. (Another main music type is the Vallenato, from the valley in the interior.) It is the result of African, Spanish, and Indigenous influences. Very popular now in Mexico



Kumbia All Starz - Chiquilla (modern)



Celso Pina - Sobre el Rio

SAMBA - samba is from Brasil and is very diverse - samba de roda, samba enredo pagode samba and more, but this video shows the best base rhythm very well and it is thought of to be the musical sister of the Brazilian martial art\dance- Capoeira- in the video you can see some of the dance movement in samba also at the end. The dance was derived from an African ritual dance and was done in circles (uma roda) with one person or pairs dancing in the middle



Carolina Soares- Samba de Roda

AXE - very popular choreographed dance famous in the region on Bahia, Brasil.



Axe Bahia - Olha a Onda

BOSSA NOVA- typically Brazilian it is synonymous with good lounge music and is based on the samba rhythm as well. Below is the best know song by Antonio Carlos Jobim - Girl from Ipanema



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