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Music and its evolution.
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The tango
Slow movement dance, generally with accompaniment. Tango began with the lower urban classes. The La Boda neighborhood in Buenos Aires was one of the places where tango shone the most. -
The charleston.
The charleston is a musical and dance genre with a frenetic and happy rhythm. It is a dance named after the port city of Charleston (South Carolina), it was popularized by a 1923 tune called The Charleston, by composer James P. Johnson. -
The mambo.
The roots of the mambo are African. The authentic mambo is characterized by a free expression that responds organically to the rhythms of the drum. The mambo originated in Cuba in the 1930s. It was born directly from the Cuban son and the Cuban rumba, and from the fusion of other Afro-Cuban musical elements. -
El rock and roll.
It is a musical genre with a strong rhythm, derived from a mixture of various genres of American folk music. The most representative singer was Elvis Presley; his most influential guitarist, Chuck Berry; his most important pianist. -
The sauce.
It is a danceable musical genre resulting from the synthesis of Cuban son and other genres of Caribbean music, with jazz and other American rhythms. Salsa was established as a commercial success by musicians of Puerto Rican origin in New York City in the 1960s. -
70s
The 70s are characterized by the birth and development of new musical movements, which are: punk, disco music, personal pop, heavy metal, Latin rock, reggae, among many other genres were developed at that time. -
The bachata.
Bachata is a danceable musical genre from the Dominican Republic, within what is called urban folklore. It is considered as a derivative of the rhythmic bolero, influenced by other styles such as Cuban son and merengue. -
The meringue.
The merengue was inscribed on November 30, 2016 in the representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of Unesco.
In its origins, the Dominican merengue was played with string instruments. Years later, the stringed instruments were replaced by the accordion, thus conforming, together with the güira and the tambora, the instrumental structure of the typical merengue ensemble. -
Reggaeton
It is a musical genre that is derived from reggae and dancehall, as well as elements mainly from hip hop and Hispanic music. It is a very popular musical genre to this day; which has had its peak during the 2000s and 2010. Born in Puerto Rico; arose from the popularity of Jamaican reggae. -
The trap.
Slow rhythms with influences from electronics, rap and hip hop. The trap is not originally Latin, although today many Latin artists are great representatives of the genre. In fact, he was born in the southern United States.
