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The Music of Cuba

The Music of Cuba. Geography of Cuba. The island of Cuba is Located in the Caribbean. It is just south of Florida, about 100 miles. Between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean Cuba’s topography consists of bays, reefs, islets, and keys. Cuba Facts and Culture.

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The Music of Cuba

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  1. The Music of Cuba

  2. Geography of Cuba • The island of Cuba is Located in the Caribbean. • It is just south of Florida, about 100 miles. • Between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean • Cuba’s topography consists of bays, reefs, islets, and keys.

  3. Cuba Facts and Culture • The Official language is Spanish • People live in huts and small houses • The population is 11,346,670 • Slightly smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. • The currency is the Peso

  4. Invented the salsa dance • Much of Cuban music comes from African background • The vocal music is spiritual singing • The roots of a lot of the Cuban music forms are from a form of social club that African slaves brought to the island. Cuban History

  5. Claves • Made of thick wood, sometimes hollow. • With hands, clanging together • Very important to Afro-Cuban music • They are about 20-30 centimeters long

  6. Bongos • Played with hands • Made out of types of wood and animal hides • Future bongos are made with metal

  7. Conga Drums • Made of wood with animal hide on the top • Made with dogwood • They are played with the hands

  8. Bibliography www.americancomposers.com/cubahistory.htm http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/timbales www.cwo.com/~lucumi/history.htm www.cia.gov./redirects/factbookdirect.html www.playdrums.com/pdf/roots/4-ROR_Guide-Ch2-bongos.pdf http://goinside.com/99/12/cubanow.html http://www.therealcuba.com/FreeeEducation.htm http://mq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/XXVIII/2/227

  9. Questions for the Audience What’s the Official language of Cuba? Spanish Name Two of the Three Cuban Instruments Claves, bongos, and congas. How Big is Cuba? About the Size of Florida, a little bigger What kind of wood is used on the conga drums? Dogwood About what is the population of Cuba? 11,346,670

  10. THE END Thank you for listening to our power point on Cuban culture and music.

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