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Music of the World's People
Music of the World's People University of the pACIFIC
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Music
Undergraduate 2
10/22/2009

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Panpipes, two sets of pipes that only have half the notes
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siku
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A small harp placed notes of the major scale
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Diatomic Harp
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type of music pairs of violins, trumpets with guitars three meter music a lot of harmoy sing sentimental songs
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mariachi
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based on european music string ensemble a lot of guitars or instruments similar to the guitar
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son jaracho
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played with an acoutic guitar and violins two sings that alternate lines
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son huesteco
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Song that tells a story that celebrate the bad guy as the heros played with traditional instruments
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corridos
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all songs about drug dealers
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narcocorridos
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Aymara
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indigenous group of latin america that lives in the andes and the altoplano regions of south america
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new songs, a movement of the folk song writers primarily in south america started in the 50's as the cold war became a cultural issue. too much american culture dominance. Developed new songs that celebrated the chracteristics of the cuture and the country
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Nueva Cancion
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Famous Nueva Cancion singer/songwriter from Chile
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Victor Jara
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Spain's traditional Dance
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habenera
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SPAIN-developed from habernera all about the music and dance, sensual dance
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Tango
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Type of accordion used in tango music
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bandneon
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Famous tango music player/songwriter made it into classical music
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Astor Pazzolla
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BRAZIL popular music light drumming and jazzy based harmonics
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Samba
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RELIGION IN BRAZIL from the slaves brougth from africa wanted to keep practicing their own religion while not getting in trouble with their christian owners so they masked their gods with christian names
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candomble
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type of martial arts developed by the slaves to stay in shape to defend themselves at any time, a dance with a lot of kicking
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Capoiera
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One fo the founding Musicians of tropicalia a political activist that was kicked out of brazil and came back after the dictatorship
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Gilbert Gil
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Developed in the late 60s in Brazil, combined British/American rock and roll with traditional brazilian music
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Tropicalia
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Religion centered in haiti and the caribbean islands, big religion int he southern states, it is an african religion from nigeria, more catholic elements blending in than in candomble, centers around spirits called laos, call and response in masses
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Voodoo
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religion from jamaica, READ
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Rastafari
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Religion centered in haiti and the caribbean islands, big religion int he southern states, it is an african religion from nigeria, more catholic elements blending in than in candomble, centers around spirits called laos, call and response in massesA
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Voodoo
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Aztec Language
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nahuatl
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mexican music mixed with german influences
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Banda
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style developed in texas influenced by the germans..accordians present
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Norteno
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Habernera
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Tango comm. in Spain
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Brazilian rock band
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Os mutantes
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drummer for the grateful dead, advanced degrees in ethnomusicology
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Mickey hart
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Puerto rican percussionist who combined latin percussion with american style jazz
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tito puente
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bebop trumpet player who adopted the sound and style of tito puente
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Dizzy gillespie
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