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  2. Trombone - Wikipedia

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    The trombone (German: Posaune, Italian, French: trombone) is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones use a telescoping slide mechanism to alter the pitch instead of the valves used by ...

  3. Salsa (musical structure) - Wikipedia

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    Salsa is a potent expression of clave, and clave became a rhythmic symbol of the musical movement, as its popularity spread. Clave awareness within the salsa community has served as a cultural "boundary marker", creating an insider/outsider dichotomy, between Cuban and non-Cuban, and between Latino and non-Latino.

  4. Banda music - Wikipedia

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    Banda is a subgenre of regional Mexican music and type of ensemble in which wind (mostly brass) and percussion instruments are performed. The history of banda music in Mexico dates from the middle of the 19th century with the arrival of piston brass instruments, when community musicians tried to imitate military bands.

  5. Salsa music - Wikipedia

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    Salsa music is a style of Caribbean music, combining elements of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and American influences. Because most of the basic musical components predate the labeling of salsa, there have been many controversies regarding its origin. Most songs considered as salsa are primarily based on son montuno and son Cubano, [10] with elements ...

  6. Rita Payés - Wikipedia

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    Rita Payés. In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Payés and the second or maternal family name is Roma; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i". Rita Payés Roma (born 1999) [ 1 ] is a Spanish jazz and bossa nova trombonist, singer and songwriter. [ 2 ]

  7. Music of Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Main article: Latin ballad. The Latin (or romantic) ballad is a Latin musical genre which originated in the 1960s. This ballad is very popular in Hispanic America and Spain, and is characterized by a sensitive rhythm. A descendant of the bolero, it has several variants (such as salsa and cumbia).

  8. Juan Tizol - Wikipedia

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    Inglewood, California, U.S. Genres. Jazz, big band. Instrument. Valve trombone. Juan Tizol Martínez (22 January 1900 – 23 April 1984) [1] was a Puerto Rican jazz trombonist and composer. He is best known as a member of Duke Ellington 's big band, and for writing the jazz standards "Caravan", "Pyramid", and "Perdido".

  9. Danzón - Wikipedia

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    Danzón is the official musical genre and dance of Cuba. [1] It is also an active musical form in Mexico and Puerto Rico.Written in 2 4 time, the danzón is a slow, formal partner dance, requiring set footwork around syncopated beats, and incorporating elegant pauses while the couples stand listening to virtuoso instrumental passages, as characteristically played by a charanga or típica ensemble.