Genres of Music from the Americas

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  1. 3. a kind of dance music of Colombian origin, similar to salsa.
  2. 4. a type of music of African American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century.
  3. 6. kind of country music influenced by jazz and blues and characterized by virtuosic playing of banjos and guitars and high-pitched, close-harmony vocals.
  4. 8. a form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is traditionally a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, guitar, steel guitar, drums, and keyboard.
  5. 9. a style of popular dance music of African American origin, based on elements of blues and soul and having a strong rhythm that typically accentuates the first beat in the bar.
  6. 11. short for rhythm and blues.
  7. 13. a type of Latin American dance music incorporating elements of jazz and rock.
  8. 14. genre of popular music that originated in its modern form
  9. 16. music that originates in traditional popular culture or that is written in such a style.
  10. 17. a style of popular music of African American and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing.
  11. 19. a Brazilian dance of African origin.
  12. 21. a form of dance music of Puerto Rican origin, characterized by a fusion of Latin rhythms, dancehall, and hip-hop or rap.
  13. 22. a Caribbean style of dance music typically in duple and triple time, chiefly associated with Dominica and Haiti.
  14. 23. a kind of pop music incorporating elements of rhythm and blues and gospel, originating in African American communities.
  15. 24. a style of country music influenced by jazz, popular in the 1930s.
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  1. 1. a genre of Cuban dance music pioneered by the charanga Arcaño y sus Maravillas in the late 1930s and later popularized in the big band style by Pérez Prado.
  2. 2. a type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies.
  3. 5. loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  4. 6. a style of Brazilian music derived from samba but placing more emphasis on melody and less on percussion.
  5. 7. style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early '30s.
  6. 10. a kind of music evolved by African American musicians in the 1890s and played especially on the piano, characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment.
  7. 12. melancholic music of African American folk origin, typically in a twelve-bar sequence.
  8. 15. genre of rock music featuring murky-guitar bands from Seattle that flourished in the late 1980s and early '90s.
  9. 18. a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.
  10. 20. a Spanish dance in simple triple time.