Week 4: Music of the Caribbean

These page features the week 4 notes from the American River College course MUFHL 330 - World Music taught by Dr. Merlyn Van Regenmorter.

Settler colonies vs. plantation colonies
The Carribian can be largely divided into two main groups, both groups essentally wiped out the indigenous cultures which were all but gone by the 1600's

Settler Colonies - These people were trying to create a home for themselves and brought their belongings and brought a strong culture with them. They invested in creating a cultural foot-print in their new surroundings.

Plantation Colonies - These colonies are more about exploitation of the resources of these new lands. They cared about generating capital and tended to import large amounts of slaves and indentured servents to achieve their aims.

Syncretism
The Fusion of Cultures that takes place when different ethnic groups were brought together. In the Caribbean this manifested with the merger of musical influences from Africa and Spain.

Indo-Caribbeans

Creole

Rumba

Contradanza (Habanera)

Salsa romantic

Tito Puente

Celia Cruz

Son

Merengue

Calypso

Steel drums

Carnaval

Tamboo Bamboo

Mento

Ska

Reggae

Bob Marley

Rastafari