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Intro

Latin

Umbrella genre that encompasses most music from Spanish or Portuguese speaking areas of the world.

Relationships
Parents	MusicalWork	A Work intended to be perceivable as a combination of sounds, with or without accompanying text.
Children	Bachata	Bachata is the traditional music of Dominican Republic. It combined Cuban, Puerto Rican and African music traditions and is closely related to Bolero. It is the predecessor of Merengue. It has undergone many changes to get to it's contemporary form, but in it's original incarnation it featured a lead accordion.
	Banda	Denotes both ensemble and genre. Banda music is performed by brass/percussion ensembles typically in the genres of Ranchera, Polka, Corrido, etc.
	Boogaloo	A style of Latin music that combines mambo and son montuno with R&B and Soul Music. It was popular among teenagers in New York City in the 1960s.
	Brazilian	Latin Music originating from Brazil.
	Conjunto	Mexican Conjunto music was formed in South Texas with the incorporation of the German button accordion into traditional Mexican music. The Bajo Sexto (Mexican 12 string guitar) is also integral to the Conjunto sound.
	Corridos	A Mexican ballad form that has Waltz or Polka rhythms. It has a simple melodic tune and guitar accompaniment.
	Duranguense	Derived from Banda but notably replaces the tuba and other instruments with synthesizers. Duranguense was a popular genre in the American Chicano community in the mid 2000s.
	Grupera	Cumbia, Norteño, and Ranchera, Grupera music is a Mexican Folk Music genre with strong 60s rock influences.
	Hupango	A Mexican dance form that mixes duple and triple rhythmic feels to mirror the complex dance moves that the music accompanies.
	Mariachi	Originated as string ensembles playing son music. Modern Mariachi ensembles have developed to incorporate more guitars and brass instruments.
	NewMexicoMusic	The rebirth of traditional music derived from 13th century Puebloan Music and 16th - 19th century folk music of Hispanos de Nuevo México in Sante Fe. The music has been popular among New Mexico Natives since the 1960s.
	Norteno	Developed in Northern Mexico as a genre derived from polka/corrido music. Norteño ensembles contain accordion and bajo sexto.
	Ranchera	A traditional Mexican genre originating before the Mexican revolution. Ensembles consist of guitars, strings, brass, and vocals.
	Reggaeton	Reggaeton combines Reggae and Dancehall with Latin American music styles and Hip Hop. The style features rapping or singing, usually in Spanish. Reggaeton originated in Panama and Puerto Rico in the early 1990s.
	RegionalMexican	Latin Music originating from Mexico.
	Salsa	Latin music styles (mainly Cuban and Puerto Rican) played by Puerto Rican People in New York City starting in the 1960s. Salsa sometimes includes elements of Rock, R&B, and Funk. The scene was built around the New York record label Fania.
	Sertanejo	Most of sertanejo music artists consist of duos, at times made of brother siblings, typically with one of them being the backing vocalist to the other one. Men have traditionally dominated the scene, although recently some women (notably, Paula Fernandes and Maria Cecília) have also achieved mainstream success. It is the most popular music style in Brazil, particularly throughout the southern/southeastern and center-western countryside Brazil.
	Tejano	German immigrants living in Texas around the time of the Mexican Revolution combined traditional German music with traditional Mexican music to form Tejano music.
Belongs to AVS	avs:ClassifiedGenre	A Type of genre.

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