OBJECTIVES

Describe the historical

and cultural background
of Afro-Latin American
and popular music.
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Afro-Latin
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• From the early 16th century to the

late 19th century, slaves from the
continent of Africa were brought
to the America

• The enslaved people came

from different African
indigenous groups, and
they brought with them
their music and instruments.
Their music identified by their
rhythms, which they adapted
from the elements of Moorish
music and African and
Caribbean music in the slave
trade from 1550 to 1880.
African traditional music is mainly
functional in nature which is used
primarily in ceremonial rites, such
as birth, death, marriage, worship
and spirit invocations.
 Others are work related or
social in nature, while many
traditional societies view their
music as a form of
entertainment.
 Types of African Music
Afro beat Apala
Axe Jit
Jive Juju
Kwassa kwassa Marabi
Popular
Music
 Popular music, any commercially
oriented music principally intended to
be received and appreciated by a wide
audience, generally in literate,
technologically advanced societies
dominated by urban culture.
 Unlike traditional folk music,
popular music is written by
known individuals, usually
professionals, and does not evolve
through the process of oral
transmission.
·Historically, popular music was any non-folk
form that acquired mass popularity—from the
songs of the medieval minstrels and
troubadours to those elements of fine-art
music originally intended for a small elite
audience but that became widely popular.
 Popular music may be
compared to folk music in the
sense that it is widely
accepted, but one major
difference is in the mode of the
transmission.
 The main platform of popular
music is analog or digital
recordings, and passed through
radio, television and today
through online music stores and
website.
The audience for popular music
expanded after the 1920s
because of technological
developments.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRO-LATIN
AMERICAN MUSIC
·Conversation: “Call and response”- a performance
of voice interaction as an answer to the first chant.
·Improvisation: Non-scripted ways singing that allow
for sincere conversations. It is a framework where the
artist has freedom in creating the musical mood.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRO-
LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC
·The voice as an instrument: It is the manipulation of
a freely controlled piece where they can change the tone
of voice, its tempo, the creation moods, and even
changing the range and voice power.
·The instrument as a voice: The instrument serves as a
“singer” along with the range and voice power.
 INSTRUMENTS
• Aerophone(BALAFON,AGOGO ,SHEKERE)
• Chordophone(Musical Bow, Kora, Zeze)
• Idiophone(Maracas, Panderetas , Palitos and Guiro)
• Membranophone (DJEMBE,TALKING DRUM, Conga,
Bongos,T ambor and Timbales)
• Lamella phone(MBIRA) https://youtu.be/2EVSE8ErsB
• CAJON 4

• MARACAS https://youtu.be/1NFufZs0cS
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• CLAVES
 CHARACTERISTICS OF POPULAR MUSIC IS,

They have a good rhythm, a catchy melody, and are

easy to remember and sing along to. They usually have
a chorus that's repeated several times and two or more
verses. Most pop songs are between two and five
minutes long, and the lyrics are usually about the joys
and problems of love and relationships.
 INSTRUMENTS
• SYNTH
• DRUMS OR ELECTRIC DRUM
• PERCUSSION
• GUITAR OR ELECTRIC GUITAR
• BASS
• KEYBOARD
• SAXOPHONE
Negro Spirituals
·The songs expressed the
hardships of the slaves and
their longing for freedom
(both spiritual and physical),
for their safety and for relief
as they perform difficult.
Ragtime
·Black Musicians during
the 19th century would
call syncopated rhythms
as a way of “ragging a
tune.
MARACATU
·It is the combination of strong
rhythms of African percussion
instruments and Portuguese
melodies.
 Blues
·The Blues are considered one of the
simplest musical genres that evolved
from the music of black or African-
American.
 Students will be group into three
groups and they will be group by
GROUP counting 1, 2,3 method.
ACTIVIT The student will determine what are the
Y similarities and dissimilarities between
Afro-Latin music and Popular Music.
They will write their answer on the
board. They will be given 5 minutes to
finish the said activity.
 Direction: Identify the following question.
1.From the early 16th century to the late 19th century,
slaves from the continent of Africa were brought to the
_________
2.Audience for popular music expanded after the____
because of technological developments.
3. The main platform of popular music is ______
4._______ Non-scripted ways singing that allow for
sincere conversations.
5. _______ “Call and response”- a performance of voice
interaction as an answer to the first chant.
ASSIGNMENT