Influences and Contributions
Important Dates & People
Types of Music
Traditional Instruments
Ghosts of Tests Past
100

What are the 3 Influences of Puerto Rican music?

Taino, Spain, West African

100

1493

Christopher Columbus arrives to Puerto Rico

100

This fusion of hip hop, Latin American, and Caribbean styles eventually leads to Latin Trap Music

Reggaetón

100

Cuatro

10-string guitar

100

Canada's national anthems

God Save the Queen and O Canada

200

This influence contributed poems and emotional lyrics.

Spanish

200

To cede is to?

Give Away

200

This type of music originated in Puerto Rican communities in New York

Salsa

200

Panderos

Tambourine

200

The suit that Mexican Mariachi band players wear

Charro suits

300

What did the West African influence contribute?

Drums and Rhythms

300

1898

Spain cedes Puerto Rico to America

300

This music is a challenge between dancer and drum

Bomba

300

Guicharo or Guiro

Hollowed out gourd used in plena music

300

The influences of Mexican music

Spain, Aztec, African

400

The aboriginal people of Puerto Rico

The Taino People

400

16th Century - 17th Century

Very few written records of music

400

Music from the rural people of the countryside

Jibaro

400

Tambours

Drum made from hollowed out tree trunks

400

Say "Welcome to Brazil" in Portuguese

Bem vindo ao Brasil

500

This Influence contributed musical scales to the development of Puerto Rican music.

Spanish Influence

500

Famous 19th century classical composer

Manuel Tavares

500

Also called the "sung newspaper"

Plena

500

Subidor

Smaller drum used in Bomba music

500

This style of American music becomes ragtime

Cakewalk

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