Latin percussion

Latin drumming is a percussion style that transcends many forms of Latin American music, including salsa, son Cubano, samba, bossa nova, cascara, calypso, merengue, bolero, mambo, cha-cha-cha, tango, songo, and folkloric musical styles such as rumba and cumbia.

Percussion comes from the Latin word percussionem, which means "a striking, a blow." And those who think percussion evolved with modern jazz and rock and roll will be surprised to learn the word was first used in 1776 to describe musical instruments.

The music industry in the United States began to refer to any kind of music featuring Spanish vocals as "Latin music". Under this definition, Spanish sung in any genre is categorized as "Latin". In turn, this has led to artists from Spain being labelled as "Latin" because they sing in the same language.

New York City History. LP was founded in New York City in 1964 by Martin Cohen. As the company expanded, they added imported lines to their catalog, and also became an exporter. LP invented several instruments that have become commonplace such as the vibraslap, the jam block, and granite blocks.

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Martin Cohen In 1964, Martin Cohen founded Latin Percussion (LP) and was soon delivering bongos, cowbells and other instruments in brown paper bags to musicians.

Guiro instrument Guiro instrument is a long, hollow gourd with ridges that produce sound when a stick, called a pua, is scraped along the sides of the instrument. The guiro is classified as a percussion idiophone because the entire instrument vibrates to create sound.

Each genre is slightly different but has rhythmic similarities and similar musical origins. Examples of Latin music genres include salsa, cha-cha, bachata, tango, samba, etcetera.

The name Latin derives from the Italic tribal group named Latini that settled around the 10th century BC in Latium, and the dialect spoken by these people.

Colonization of the Americas allowed for the melding of European, Indigenous and African sounds - creating some very danceable musical styles. Most of what is known as Latin music comes from the melding of cultures that took place during the Spanish and Portuguese colonization of the Americas.

Latin American music, musical traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese. These traditions reflect the distinctive mixtures of Native American, African, and European influences that have shifted throughout the region over time.