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Musical instruments. The Incas and early Andean civilizations had two types of musical instrument, wind and percussion. String musical instruments were introduced later by the Spanish and adapted in their musical repertoire.
Peruvian music is an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Andean influences can perhaps be best heard in wind instruments and the shape of the melodies, while the African influences can be heard in the rhythm and percussion instruments, and European influences can be heard in the harmonies and ...
Jan 18, 2024 · Explore the influence of indigenous music, European colonization, and modernization on the evolution of Peruvian music. Immerse yourself in the vibrant tapestry of genres that define the captivating Peruvian music scene today.
- Andean
- Amazonian
- Creole
- Tropical
- Modern
The Andean highlands of Peru stretch through the middle of the country from north to south. Communities of farmers are scattered sparsely through the vast, endless landscape, and the culture is highly focused on connection with the Pachamama, or Mother Earth. The majority of Peru’s Quechua-speaking people (the language of the Incas) live in the mou...
The Amazon is an Eden of plant and animal materials, and these resources were used to make the rainforest’s first instruments. Residents are known to be festive and excited, full of vibrant energy. Traditional music and dance have always been an important part of the culture. The rubber boom from 1885-1915, the oil boom in the 1960s, and logging an...
This set of genres is truly the grand conglomeration of all the ethnic groups who now call Peru home. It’s crafted from the Spanish, African and indigenous cultures that all converged here. It emerged with the arrival of the Spanish, who brought African slaves with them for manual labor. Before 1950, this type of music was only showcased in private...
Tropical Latin America, especially the Caribbean coast, is known as a place of high energy, smiles, and exciting dancing! The bustling seaside cities of South and Central America have fostered several types of upbeat music meant for dancing happily and attracting the attention of suitors. These highly catchy rhythms make any Peruvian get up on thei...
Latin Ballads
Instruments:orchestra, synthesizers, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drums, piano, percussion Latin America followed suit with the musical world of the United States, Italy, and France in recording romantic ballads and soft rock for the Spanish-speaking world in the 1960s. The style was also influenced by Latin American bolero music from the 1950s and new wave rock and roll from Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. These songs are slow and cheesy, always talking about L-O-V-E. They’re m...
Rock in Spanish
Instruments:acoustic and electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard Starting in the mid-1950s, Latin America began releasing music in Spanish based on the rock and roll of the United States. Spanish rock music produces the same nostalgic feelings for Latinos as English rock does for each in their respective countries. It took all the same twists and turns as rock did around the world: soft rock, hard rock, acid rock, heavy metal, punk, etc.
Reggaeton
Instruments:electronically synthesized beats, keyboard, electric guitar The wildly popular, modern music of Latin America’s newest generation is a fusion of Jamaican reggae and North American rap, hip hop, and techno with Latin musical styles, language, and culture. It started in the 1980s in Panama and Puerto Rico and quickly crossed borders to the Spanish-speaking world. It’s the most common club music and is popular with Hispanic youth around the world. The lyrics are often vulgar and obsc...
Jun 23, 2022 · According to the encyclopaedia Britannica, the descendants of the Inca empire make up around 45 percent of the population of Peru. The Quechua-speaking population of the Andes ensure that many traditional aspects of the culture remain alongside the more modern fusions of Inca music and art.
Originally from the Cuzco valley, the Incas expanded rapidly, imposed their language (Quechua) and exacted tribute from their subjects. In little more than two centuries, they stretched as far north as southern Colombia, and as far south as the Rio Maule in southern Chile.
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Although believed to date back even further than the ancient Inca Empire, the now world-famous musical genre is most deeply rooted in the rural communities of this mighty pre-Columbian civilization who, as the name of the music suggests, resided in the mountainous Andes region.
