Instruments
What shakeable instrument is often used in many Latin American music genres?
A maraca
What music uses clapping, fast guitar, and tapping feet?
Flamenco
What is the traditional dance of Spain?
Flamenco
In which country is Spanish NOT the dominant language?
Brazil
What button instrument is the signature sound of Tango?
a bandoneón
(accordion = double points)
What music style uses call and response?
Bomba
What dance style has fast spins and stepping?
Salsa
Which country is known for Cumbia and the Andes and Caribbean coasts?
Columbia
What tall hand drum is common in Afro-Cuban music?
the conga drum
What music sounds like a mix of drums and flutes?
Cumbia
What dance is high energy and seen during Carnival?
Samba
What country is Bad Bunny from?
Puerto Rico
What small metal instrument is struck with a stick and keeps rhythm in Merengue?
a güira
What genre has a fast, bouncy rhythm and is danced in a circle?
Samba
What partner dance is fast with marching feet?
Merengue
Of the countries we learned, how many and which ones are islands?
3: Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic
What percussion instrument sounds like a high-pitched drum and is used in Samba?
a cuíca
What genre mixes hip-hop and Caribbean beats, and often uses auto-tune vocals?
Reggaetón
What partner dance is known to be slower and dramatic?
Tango
How many and which continents did we learn about today?
North America, South America, and Europe