World

Music Final Names, Terms and Concepts

Rom/Roma/Gypsy



Klezmer
Moors




Iberian Peninsula




diatonic harmony/chords


syncopation

flamenco




cantaoras
duende




cante

guitar




castanets
cajon




finger snaps & handclapping

Paco de Lucia



Gypsy Kings

chastushki




chattering

balalaika




domra



Dr. Zhivago

bagpipes




accordian/concertina
mandolin




diatonic harp
tambourine




violin

Mande/Mali




griot
Ghana




Ewe
Zulu




Shona


Yoruba




Anamism


Candomble




Santeria


Vodou




Bira
emphasis on collective community

Apartheid







polyrhythm




call and response
cross rhythm



interlocking
layers of patterns



dense textures

talking drum



conga
agogo




mbira/sansa


shekere




kora
balafon




djembe

Ladysmith Black Mambazo


Miriam Makeba
Thomas Mapfumo



King Sunny Ade

Youssou NDour



Fela Kuti


Ali Farke Toure



Toumani Diabate

Peter Gabriel



Paul Simon
Ry Cooder




Chris Blackwell

mulatto




cimarron/maroon
slavery




indentured servitude
syncretic religions



Santeria
prohibition of alcohol in the U.S.

military band instruments

Sub-Saharan African culture hidden in plain sight or preserved through disguise

American jazz/big band swing

Carnival
harmonies in parallel

Cuban son




guaracha
contredanse




danzn



montuno




clave
rumba




bolero
mambo




cha cha ch

tres





claves
congas




bongo
timbales




guiro
maracas




guitar variants

Perez Prado




Celia Cruz
Ry Cooder

Buena Vista Social Club

Andes Mountains



Inca Empire
Aztec Empire



Mayan Empire
pre-Columbian



mestizo
playing as one



Aymara
Quechua




Nueva Cancin



siku





sikuri ensemble
quena




bombos
churango




goat hooves shakers






Bahia




Rio de Janeiro
candombl




capoiera



samba




samba schools
bossa nova




tropicalia/tropicalismo


cava/cavaquinho



surdo
pandeiro




tamborim
congas




agogo
surdo




berimbao

vihuela




guitarrn
bajo sexto







mariachi




regional sones
ranchera




corrido
norteo/musica nortea


polka

Antnio Carlos Jobim



Joo Gilberto
Stan Getz




Caetano Veloso
Gilberto Gil




Milton Nascimento

Victor Jara




Violeta Parra
Mercedes Sosa



Inti-Illimani

Lydia Mendoza



Los Tigres del Norte




tumbadora/conga



slit drum

tumbao




palito

Xavier Cougat



Dizzy Gillespie



Rubn Blades



Carlos Santana




I Love Lucy





vocables




pan-Indian




the drum





Arnhem Land



Dreaming/Dreamtime

didjeridu





conch shell




hand clapping/stomping/slapping


sitting dance





bronze and bamboo



influences from E. Asia, S. Asia and Europe

Nhac Tai Tu




group playing music for fun

song lang




dan tranh





qeej and khaen

gamelan




layers of patterns (or cyclic structures)
interlocking





gong ageng




suling

music shapes thoughts, feelings and behavior
sinicization




program music




bayin




adding flowers



duple meter

Los Lobos
Linda Ronstadt
concerro/cowbell
cascar
Desi Arnaz
Chano Pozo
Celia Cruz
Tito Puente
nuyorican
pow wow
vision quest/dream
revivalism

totemism
wooden clappers
slit drums/log drums
ukulele
offensive or defensive magic
puppet theater
colotomic phrases or structures
classical and folk musics share literature
dan kim
dan co

Wayang Kulit
Balinese Gamelan Kebyar
slendro and pelog
bonang
modernization of music
music for propaganda
Cultural Revolution

sizhu
heterogeneous timbral blend
free rhythm

ensemble playing for pleasure

erhu


pipa



ruan


guzheng (zheng)

guqin (qin)

Cui Jian

spacious textures

melody unfolds in its own time

sankyoku


noh



kabuki



koto


shamisen


kakko


hichiriki


biwa

solo music for meditation

yangqin
dizi
ban and gu-ban
sheng

non-pitched sounds
importance of silence

gakaku
bunraku
taiko

shakuhachi
ryuteki
taiko
sho