| tango | A graceful, sensuous Argentinian dance, the first of the Latin rhythms to become popular in the United States.
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| habanera | A Cuban dance, whose rhythm is the basis of the tango.
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| bomba | A Puerto Rican couple dance derived from Africa.
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| rumba | A group of Afro-Cuban musical and dance forms, with many variants.
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| conga | A Cuban carnival dance-march: the dancers, having formed a chain, mark every fourth beat with a heavy kick.
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| cu-bop | Dizzy Gillespie’s fusion of Latin rhythms with bebop.
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| mambo | An Afro-Cuban form of big band dance music.
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| chachacha | A slower version of the mambo, with a double beat added between the last and first beats of each measure.
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| salsa | Popular Cuban dance band music with rhythms derived from African-American dances.
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| reggae | A blend of rock and African-Jamaican styles.
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| toasting or dubbing | A technique developed by Jamaican disc jockeys of rapid patter talking over the sound of spinning records.
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| calypso | Caribbean song style with humorously satirical topical texts.
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| steel drum or pan | Percussion instrument made by pounding the bottom of an oil drum into a concave shape and hammering grooves for the notes.
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| samba | The most famous Brazilian song-dance; duple meter.
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| bossa nova | Brazilian rhythm, slower and more subtle than Cuban dances, reflecting the influence of cool and progressive jazz.
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| norteÒo | A distinctive, European-influenced music of northern Mexico.
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| tejano | The Texas version of norteÒo music.
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| corrido | Storytelling song, with roots in Mexico and the southwestern and western United States.
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| conjunto | An ensemble accompanying dance and song in norteÒo music, north and south of the Mexico-Texas border.
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| mariachis | Mexican groups of strolling musicians playing string instruments and often led by one or more trumpets.
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