calypso

noun (2) plural calypsos or calypsoes. : a style of music originating in the West Indies, marked by lively duple meter, and having lyrics that are often improvised and usually satirize local personalities and events. also : a song in this style. calypsonian.

A distinctive feature of CALYPSO music is a SYNCOPATED RHYTHM. This features “offbeat” patterns, often three-beat rhythms with two long beats followed by a short beat. Perform the following rhythms – “Calypso Carnival” using whatever instruments you have available to you.

Calypso kept Odysseus on the island as her slave/captive for seven years before freeing him at the behest of the Olympian gods. Still in love with Odysseus, Calypso helped him off the island by building his boats and giving him supplies.

And they all come together and mock their slave masters. And express their hardships that they face. For your activity.

Slinger Francisco ORTT CM OBE (born July 9, 1935), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist. Known as the "Calypso King of the World", he is one of the best-known and most successful calypsonians.

Calypso is a style of dance and music that developed in Trinidad and Tobago. Its distinctive sound comes from steel drums. In calypso, the emphasis is on the movement of the waist and hips to a 2/4 beat. A more contemporary version of calypso is called soca.

Calypso, in Greek mythology, the daughter of the Titan Atlas (or Oceanus or Nereus), a nymph of the mythical island of Ogygia. In Homer's Odyssey, Book V (also Books I and VII), she entertained the Greek hero Odysseus for seven years, but she could not overcome his longing for home even by promising him immortality.

Her name is related to the Greek word καλύπτω, which means “to conceal” and she symbolized the forces that divert men from their goals. The Greek myth of Calypso and Odysseus (Ulysses) is full of intrigue and moments of seduction.

The differences between the two are subtle. Mento has a more rural feel, and the musical instruments utilised give a distinct "rootsy" sound. Mento has a more acoustic sound with the rhumba box, banjo, and fiddle versus calypso's syncopated rhythms and song patterns. In the end, both genres fed off each other.

The roots of “Calypso” are diverse. Some argue it came from “kaiso” a Hausa word for “ bravo” ; some say the word came from the French “carrousseaux” a drinking party; or the Spanish “ calliso” a tropical song ; or the Carib “ carieto” ,meaning the same thing.

Calypso and reggae have naturally had different traditions, despite some obvious overlap in melody and beat, in particular when calypsonians openly sing reggae-oriented calypsoes, the way the Mighty Explainer does in his "Dem Wey Dread," or when reggae artists willingly resort to calypso-style numbers.

Aldwyn Roberts HBM DA (18 April 1922 – 11 February 2000), better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener (or "Kitch"), was a Trinidadian calypsonian. He has been described as "the grand master of calypso" and "the greatest calypsonian of the post-war age".