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Encyclopedia > Seis
Music of Puerto Rico: Topics
aguinaldo décima
bomba plena
reggaeton salsa
seis
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The seis is a type of Puerto Rican dance music, related to décima. It originated in the later half of the 17th century in the southern part of Spain. The word means six, which may have come from the custom of having six couples perform the dance, though many more couples eventually became quite common. Men and women form separate lines down the hall or in an open place of beaten earth, one group facing the other. The lines would approach and cross each other and at prescribed intervals the dancers would tap out the rhythm with their feet. The music of Puerto Rico has been influenced by African and European (especially Spanish) forms, and has become popular across the Caribbean and in some communities worldwide. ... Aguinaldo is a folk genre of Christmas music which originates from Puerto Rico and is based on an archaic form of Spanish christmas carol. ... Decima is a style of octosyllabic, 10-line poetry. ... For other uses, see Bomba (disambiguation). ... Plena is a traditional form of Puerto Rican music. ... Reggaeton (spelled also with the acute diacritic in English and known as Reguetón and Reggaetón in Spanish) is a form of dance music which became popular with Latin American (or Latino) youth during the early 1990s and spread to North American, European, Asian, and Australian audiences during the... Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos. ... Aruba and the five main islands of the Netherlands Antilles are part of the Lesser Antilles island chain. ... The former French colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe are small islands in the Caribbean. ... Timeline and Samples Pop genres Calypso - Chutney - Dancehall - Dub - Junkanoo - Ragga - Rapso - Reggae - Ripsaw - Rocksteady - Scratch - Ska - Soca - Spouge - Steelpan Other islands Aruba and the Dutch Antilles - Cuba - Dominica - Dominican Republic - Haiti - Martinique and Guadeloupe - Puerto Rico - Saint Lucia The Turks and Caicos Islands are an overseas dependency of the... Dance music is music composed or played specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. ... Decima is a style of octosyllabic, 10-line poetry. ... Six can refer to: 6 (number), a number Six (cricket), when a batsman in cricket hits the ball to or over the boundary without the ball touching the ground inside the boundary first Six, a character on the television series Blossom (television) Six (television) or Channel 6, a proposed satellite...


The melodies and harmonies are simple, usually performed on the cuatro, guitar, and güiro, although other indigenous instruments are used depending on the available musicians. The 2/4 rhythm is maintained by the güiro and guitar. The name cuatro can refer to any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Toad shaped güiro from Japan The güiro is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. ...


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:: MVRemix Interviews - Triple Seis :: (2570 words)
Triple Seis: Basically, just to open more doors, where I can have more control over a project and be able to flood the gates with a lot of people from my hood, from the Bronx basically.
Triple Seis: It was bound to come to the light, because it was an issue that was there even before the music.
Triple Seis: Yeah, all these young kids….you got a lot of young kids these days that are not even going to school.
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