There are basically three types of Latin American music:

Indian music, black music and Indo-European folk music. ?

Indian music is mainly distributed in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and other areas where Indians are concentrated. The main instruments are pancho and recorder, and the singing voice is high-pitched, with the characteristics of the plateau. ?

Black music is mainly distributed in the coastal areas of the Caribbean, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru. Rhythm plays a decisive role in this music, often with strong syncopated rhythms, and percussion is essential. For a few, steel drums made from gasoline drums can play melodies or even symphonies. Most of the songs adopt echo style, leading the crowd. Modern Latin dance music such as samba, cha cha cha, etc. are greatly influenced by black Latin American music. ?

Folk music is based on the music of Spain and Portugal, but it has changed. It is often accompanied by a touch of sadness and melancholy. The beats are mostly 6/8 and 3/4, and the timbre is soft. Lyrical. ?

The following are the categories: ?

Samba?

Samba originated from Brazil and is based on the American rhythm of black people. , a dance music form that incorporates a large amount of European melodies. It is characterized by a 2/4 beat with short rolling notes. Traditional samba can be divided into two types: rural samba and urban samba. Rural samba is more syncopated than urban samba. Urban samba has less rhythm changes, but is fast and dexterous. Samba, which is popular in modern Europe and America, was formed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil around 1920. ?

Rumba (Ruhmba)?

Rumba, originated in Africa, appeared in Cuba in the early 19th century, and developed and became popular in the early 20th century. In the early 1930s, rumba was introduced to the United States and European countries, and at the same time incorporated jazz elements, making it popular. The basic rhythm pattern of rumba is: ××?××?××?××?. After being introduced to Europe and America, ?0 A variation of ?××?××?0×?0×?, and uses Latin American percussion instruments such as maracas, rattles, and congas to enhance the rhythm. The traditional rumba has a moderate speed, about 40 to 50 beats per minute, usually in 4/4 time. Later, fast 2/4 time rumba also appeared. ?

Mambo?

Mambo is a combination of rumba and jazz swing. It was formed around 1940 and became popular around the world in the 1940s and 1950s. Bands that play mambo music tend to be larger. The band includes brass, saxophone, piano, bass and other commonly used instruments in rock bands, as well as Latin American percussion instruments such as maracas, rattles and congas. The composition of music is often based on fixed bass and chord sequences. ?

Salsa?

Salsa is a dance music that combines black Cuban music, American jazz and South American folk music. It originated in the United States in the 1940s. After evolution and development from the 1950s to the 1960s, it reached its peak of popularity in the mid-1970s. Salsa rhythm instruments are still dominated by Latin American percussion instruments, such as maracas, rattles, congas, bongos, etc. The basic rhythm pattern is similar to mambo and chacha, but a two-bar rhythm pattern in salsa is unique: 4/4 beat, ×?×?××?|?0?××?0?0? |. Traditional salsa music often consists of a mambo passage composed of a fixed motive that is repeated over and over again. ?

Cha?Cha?

Following Latin dance music such as rumba and mambo, Cha Cha became popular in European and American countries in the mid-to-late 1950s. Cha Cha, a folk music from Cuba called Charangas. The basic rhythm pattern is ?×? ?

Tango?

Tango originated from the Habanera dance in Cuba and is widely spread as a representative of Argentine music. It is characterized by a swaying rhythm in 2/4 time, usually composed of two paragraphs, the first paragraph is in a minor mode, and the second paragraph is in a major mode.

Tango is also a singing form accompanied by guitar. Generally, the tango band is composed of violin, accordion, piano, double bass and other instruments, and the button accordion is an indispensable instrument in the tango band. Its basic rhythm pattern is: ×××××?|?/?|. ?

The six styles introduced above, plus bossa nova (BOSSANOVA) introduced in jazz, as representatives of Latin music, have caused a Latin craze around the world, but in addition to In addition to these seven popular categories, there are also the following styles of Latin music with great individuality, such as Bolero, Guaracha, Habanera, Son, Guajira, Danzon, etc. These styles all come from Cuba, plus the previous Mambo and Rumba, so Cuba is known as the "treasure house of Latin rhythms".

I didn’t just copy it randomly, I found it in several places.