| Music has played a central role in Latin
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| | "pan-Latin" and international level
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| America's turbulent recent history like
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| | through their diffusion by mass media.
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| for example the nueva cancion movement.
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| | These include the BOLERO and chachacha of
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| Latin American music, sometimes referred
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| | Cuba, the TANGO of Argentina, and the
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| to as just Latin music, includes the
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| | cabaret samba and bossa nova of Brazil.
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| music of many countries and communities
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| | With the exception of tejano and
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| and comes in many varieties, from the
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| | mariachi, most Latin music is defined by
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| simple, rural conjunto music of northern
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| | its strong rhythmic chords.
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| Mexico to the sophisticated habanera of
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| | Although Spain isn't a part of Latin
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| Cuba, from the symphonies of Heitor
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| | America, Spanish music (and Portuguese
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| Villa-Lobos to the simple and moving
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| | music) and Latin American music strongly
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| Andean flute. Latin music is varied, with
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| | cross-fertilized each other, but Latin
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| the only truly unifying thread being the
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| | music also absorbed influences from
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| use of the Spanish language or, in
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| | English and American music, and
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| Brazil, its close cousin the Portuguese
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| | particularly, African music. In Latin
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| language. Latin music is a catch-all term
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| | music, culminates the styles of different
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| for a number of diverse styles from
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| | music techniques.
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| different regions and countries in Latin
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| | Instrumental music is more significant
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| America.
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| | among South American Indians than those
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| Often, the term refers to Latin pop --
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| | of the North as they use indigenous
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| either dance-based or pop oriented-music
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| | instruments that include flutes,
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| sung in Spanish or Tejano. Tejano has a
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| | whistles, rattles, trumpets of simple
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| number of different styles, from romantic
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| | clay, bark or bamboo, conch-shell
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| ballads to the narrative nortenos, and
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| | trumpets and various drum types including
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| they're usually performed by large
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| | the double-headed frame drum. Instruments
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| groups, armed acoustic instruments and
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| | often have ritual significance,
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| horns and by the '80s and '90s, it also
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| | particularly bullroarers, stamping tubes,
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| had embraced smooth production techniques
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| | pellet-bells, bark trumpets and certain
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| from American pop-rock and soft rock.
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| | flutes. Some of the most complex music of
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| Latin America is also known for such
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| | Latin America is practiced in the Andean
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| vivacious dance music as salsas and
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| | region, where harps, guitars, violins,
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| sambas, which have layers of percussion,
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| | lutes and other European instruments are
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| blaring horns and an infectious sense of
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| | played as well as indigenous flutes and
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| style. Still more Europeanized forms
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| | panpipes. Latin Music has come to become
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| (individual songs, genres, and their
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| | World Music.
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| dance steps) have become popular on the
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