MUS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Queercore, Lilith Fair, Tropical Music
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Bajo sexto oversized mexican twelve-string guitar that typically served as a bass instrument in small groups. Bossa nova a samba-based, jazz-influenced brazilian popular-song style that became popular in the united states in the early 1960s. Bugal a blend of latin music and rhythm and blues. Country rock music combining a strong honky-tonk two-beat with a clear, simple rock rhythm. Salsa a popular dance oriented music which developed out of a fusion of cuban, puerto rican, and latin american musical styles. Tejano hybrid blending mexican music with outside influences. Tropical latin a kind of rock distinguished by a large number of percussive intruments and a clave-like rhythm. Alternative: a term to describe a family of rock-related, punk-inspired styles that began in the early eighties and continues into the twenty-first century. Dance-oriented rock (dor): a term coined by robert christgau to describe an array of musical styles which emerged in the 1980s, specifically synthesis of the post-punk and post- disco sounds.
