Picante Salsa Music Styles Classroom Kit

Hola Amigos! Experience authentic music styles of the Afro-Spanish-Caribbean by Puerto Rican-born author & bi-lingual educator, Alejandro Jimenez. Connect with educational philosophies and cultural backgrounds of theSpanish Caribbean to understand how they influenced the music of that a rea. Learn how song, dance, rhythmic instruments and drama all come together to help build confidence and promote personal expression. Originally developed and used in urban, multi-cultural settings here in the United States, the works featured in Picante are for all general music classes. Students form their own Latin Music ensembles and explore the highly rhythmic beat of the plena from Puerto Rico, the regueton which is popular among urban Latino youth, the fast two-step beat of the merengue fromthe Dominican Republic, the bomba from Puerto Rican folk music, and the son from Cuban dance music. These different styles influenced what we n ow call Salsa music. The kid-friendly ensembles have been writte

• Fromat : Classroom Kit
• Medium : Softcover/CD
• Publisher : Hal Leonard
• isbn13 : 9781617742873
• UPC : 884088545376
• Height : 4
• Length : 279
• Width : 215