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- 3. a kind of dance music of Colombian origin, similar to salsa.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 11. short for rhythm and blues.
- 13. a type of Latin American dance music incorporating elements of jazz and rock.
- 14. genre of popular music that originated in its modern form
- 16. music that originates in traditional popular culture or that is written in such a style.
- 17. a style of popular music of African American and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing.
- 19. a Brazilian dance of African origin.
- 21. a form of dance music of Puerto Rican origin, characterized by a fusion of Latin rhythms, dancehall, and hip-hop or rap.
- 22. a Caribbean style of dance music typically in duple and triple time, chiefly associated with Dominica and Haiti.
- 23. a kind of pop music incorporating elements of rhythm and blues and gospel, originating in African American communities.
- 24. a style of country music influenced by jazz, popular in the 1930s.
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- 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. a type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies.
- 5. loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- 6. a style of Brazilian music derived from samba but placing more emphasis on melody and less on percussion.
- 7. style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early '30s.
- 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.
- 12. melancholic music of African American folk origin, typically in a twelve-bar sequence.
- 15. genre of rock music featuring murky-guitar bands from Seattle that flourished in the late 1980s and early '90s.
- 18. a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.
- 20. a Spanish dance in simple triple time.