AFRO-LATIN MUSIC

VOCAL FORMS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF

MUSIC OF AFRICA AFRICAN MUSIC AFRICA

Primarily used in MARACATU IDIOPHONES

ceremonial rites
such as birth, BLUES MEMBRANOPHONES
death,marriage, SOUL LAMELLAPHONE
succession, CHORDOPHONES
worship. SPIRITUAL
AEROPHONE
LATIN-AMERICAN
MUSIC
Product of three major influences
Indigenous
Spanish-Portuguese
African
•Latin American musical instruments
are mostly percussion instruments
with different timbres.
•repeated rhythmic patterns are an
influence from nearby Africa.
LATIN-AMERICAN
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
 Conga
•a pair of single-headed
hand drums from Cuba.
• Each drum is tuned to
a different pitch.
 Clave
• Clave—one of the simplest
Latin American musical
instruments.
• a pair of wooden sticks which
are struck together to
produce a sound.
 Timbale
s
• a pair of drums smaller
than the conga.
• The two drums are raised
on stands and are played
with sticks.
• The pitch of the drums is
also tuned much higher
 Pandeir
o
• The pandeiro is a type of
hand frame drum popular in
Brazil.
• The pandeiro is used in a
number of Brazilian music
forms, such as samba
 Guiro
• a hollowed-out cylindrical piece
of wood with grooved on the
side.
• It is played by scraping the
grooves using a stick, creating a
rattling sound.
• The guiro can also be
struck using the stick to accusing
the stick to accent certain beats.
Maraca
s
• a pair of wooden shells
with handles.
• The shells hold dried
seeds inside them, and
when are shaken, they
create a rattling sound.
Marimb
• the most popular
a
and recognized
instrument from
Latin America.
• a big, percussion
instrument made
entirely of wood.