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Accordion: A Typical Instrument Used in Vallenato Music in Colombia

This Hispanic music test includes some of the most important genres of music amongst Latinos, not only in the U.S. but also in Hispanic American countries.

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This type of music originated in the Dominican Republic with romantic, sad and heart breaking tales.
Bachata
Merengue
Cha Cha Cha
This is a musical style and folk dance originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. It started as a courtship type of music.
Salsa
Cumbia
Reggaeton
The dictator Rafael Trujillo made this music the national symbol of the Dominican Republic. Its origins are Haitian and Dominican. It is easily identified by its unique beat pattern of 2/2 and 2/4 time.
Bachata
Merengue
Salsa
Rooted in Spanish and African rhythms, this type of music is mainly a Cuban Caribbean genre that refers to a specific style developed in the 1960s and 1970s by Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants to the New York city area.
Vallenato
Salsa
Latin Jazz
This is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico. It is rooted in rural areas and it is played by mariachi, norteņo (or Conjunto), and banda (or Duranguense) groups.
Carrilera
Ranchera
Corridos

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  • This type of music originated in the Dominican Republic with romantic, sad and heart breaking tales. Bachata.
  • This is a musical style and folk dance originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. It started as a courtship type of music. Cumbia.
  • The dictator Rafael Trujillo made this music the national symbol of the Dominican Republic. Its origins are Haitian and Dominican. It is easily identified by its unique beat pattern of 2/2 and 2/4 time. Merengue.
  • Rooted in Spanish and African rhythms, this type of music is mainly a Cuban Caribbean genre that refers to a specific style developed in the 1960s and 1970s by Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants to the New York city area. Salsa.
  • This is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico. It is rooted in rural areas and it is played by mariachi, norte??or Conjunto), and banda (or Duranguense) groups. Ranchera.

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    One in seven people in the United States is of Hispanic origin.


    Hispanics are a mix of European, African and Native American people.


    In 204 B.C. Romans created the term Hispanic to identify inhabitants from the Iberian Peninsula
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