one of the three most popular forms of Cuban rumba, a slow to medium tempo duple meter style
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a style of Cuban rumba differing from other rumbas by having a 6/8 beat
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a Cuban guitar like instrument with three pairs of strings (occasionally, three sets of three strings). strummed to accompany…
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a triple meter dance but includes only one or two sections or movements as compared with the standard three in a bolero
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a dance popular in the 1920's in duple meter, a version of the foxtrot; a fast march
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a musical setting is syllabic when one and only one note is related to one syllable in the text