Introduction to Latin American Music

A selection of examples of Latin American music

[bigsmiler]

Panpipe!!! This is only the second time I've ever found it. I love it. Around 1995 while strolling through the vendors at the Cheyenne Frontier Days, I heard a sound that absolutely captivated me. I found my way to a live band playing among the micro-shops and had to buy all their CDs. Now that I know the name I'll be Googling it to hear more.
-- HOWEVER, What brings me to this region of YouTube is my desperate search for the identity of something I THOUGHT was Mexican music when I was growing up in a bizarre farm town of Czechs and Swedes who didn't know how to get along. It's something with no singing, a single guitar, and rich rhythm of minors and majors.

[julianfelipejimenezlondoao]

Add banda (Mexico), bachata ( Dominic republic ), Vallenato and cumbia ( Colombia ) and llanera ( Colombia, Venezuela )

[truth-uncensored]

Brazilians don't dance Salsa or any other "latin" rhythms, this is one of the reasons why brazilians in general don't consider themselves "latin", we have actually very little cultural exchange with other "latin american" countries. From an American standpoint Samba and Salsa sound and feel quite similar but they're actually very different, a Carnival in Colombia is very different from a carnival in Rio, Salvador (Brazil), or Minas Gerais (Brazil).

[Musicninja]

Name of the Bossa track? Why haven't you credited the artists?

[Its_JustJae]

4:00 when the special kid sees the quite kid pull out an ak

[dominicanvic]

The Haitian revolution gave birth to Latin American music. Without Merengue, there is no Afro-Latino music. It was born of 3 instruments and its sound spread its roots into every genre of music.

[nataliaduarte]

Por acá les dejo una canción con aires latinos muy interesantes 🎼👍🏻

[fernandoiturburu]

Meringue is actually Merengue (as Columbia is NOT Colombia)

[hiphipjorge]

Good video!

But....Cumbia is THE most common Latin American music by far

[AJA-ujql]

spelled energizing wrong lol. but nice video!

[dominicanvic]

The Haitian revolution gave birth to Latin American music. Without Merengue, there is no Afro-Latino music. It was born of 3 instruments and its sound spread its roots into every genre of music.