Re: (idm) latin beats Q

From Kent Williams
Sent Tue, Aug 3rd 1999, 16:54

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Irene McC wrote:

> Can somebody please give me a brief overview of the various Latin 
> beats and rhythms - how they differ from each other, their specific 
> features, time signatures, examples, influences on IDM, etc??   I 
> can think of a few, but there are more - eg. Mamba/ tango / salsa / 
> bossa-nova / samba.
> 
Check these URLS: 

http://www.eijkhout.net/rad/data/salsa_mambo.html
http://www.planetsalsa.com/university_of_salsa/glossaryae.htm

> Any information gladly received!
> Oh, and please don't waffle about Jennifer Lopez ;-)
> 
She's no Christina Ricci, that's all I have to say.