MUS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Beguines And Beghards, Latin Dance, Comping
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Beguine: in american popular music, and americanized form of the cuban rumba. It has a similar rhythmic feel but lacks the clave rhythm heard in authentic afro-cuban music. Bop (bebop): a jazz style that developed in the 1940s, characterized by fast tempos, irregular streams of notes, and considerable rhythmic conflict. Clave rhythm: the characteristic rhythm of afro-cuban music. Beguine, and features a pattern of 5 irregularly spaced taps over two 4-beat measures. It can be represented in two measures: //xxxxxxxx//xxxxxxxx//, where the x"s indicate eighth notes and the x"s are accented notes. To reverse clave rhythm, switch the two measures. Claves: pair of cylindrical wooden sticks that are tapped together. Comping: in bop jazz style, chordal accompaniment played in rhythmically irregular or unpredictable patterns. Downtown latin style: a watered-down version of afro-cuban music intended for the white. Habanera: a dance created in cuba during the early nineteenth century that became popular in both europe and south america.
