Key Latin music genres, pioneering artists, and landmark recordings across salsa, bossa nova, cumbia, and reggaeton.
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40 basic cards for General Music Theory. It opens with "What Cuban dance music genre, blending son and jazz, became popular in New York" and "What Cuban genre, developed in the late 19th century, is considered a root of". More Hobbies and Everyday Life decks are listed below.
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- What Cuban dance music genre, blending son and jazz, became popular in New York in the 1960s and 70s?
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Salsa- What Cuban genre, developed in the late 19th century, is considered a root of salsa?
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Son cubano- What New York record label, founded in 1964, was central to popularizing salsa music?
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Fania Records- Who is known as the 'Queen of Salsa'?
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Celia Cruz- What Brazilian genre, blending samba and jazz, emerged in the late 1950s?
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Bossa nova- Who composed 'The Girl from Ipanema,' a landmark bossa nova song?
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Antonio Carlos Jobim- What Brazilian percussion-driven dance music predates and influenced bossa nova?
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Samba- What Colombian genre, featuring accordion and originating on the Caribbean coast, is closely tied to cumbia's roots?
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Vallenato- What genre, originating in Colombia, is characterized by its simple rhythm and became popular across Latin America?
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Cumbia- What genre, blending Puerto Rican and Jamaican dancehall influences with hip-hop, emerged in the 1990s?
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Reggaeton- Who is credited as a foundational reggaeton artist with the hit 'Gasolina'?
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Daddy Yankee- What rhythmic pattern, originating in Panama and Puerto Rico from dancehall riddims, underlies reggaeton?
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Dembow- What Mexican genre, featuring brass and string ensembles, originated in the state of Jalisco?
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Mariachi- What Dominican genre, characterized by fast tempo and the use of the guira and tambora, is a national dance music?
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Merengue- What Dominican genre, slower and more romantic than merengue, became internationally popular in the 1990s?
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