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Latin American music — Introduction musical traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese. These traditions reflect the distinctive mixtures of Native American, African, and… … Universalium
cuatro — cuat·ro (kwäʹtrō) n. pl. cuat·ros A small guitarlike instrument of Latin America, usually having four or five pairs of strings. [Spanish, from Latin quattuor, four. See quatrain.] * * * … Universalium
bandurria — /ban door yeuh/, n. a Spanish musical instrument of the guitar family with six pairs of double strings. [1835 45; < Sp; see BANDORE] * * * ▪ musical instrument also called mandurria stringed musical instrument of the lute family, with a… … Universalium
Panama — Panamanian /pan euh may nee euhn, mah /, adj., n. Panamic /pa nam ik/, adj. /pan euh mah , maw /, n. 1. a republic in S Central America. 2,693,417; 28,575 sq. mi. (74,010 sq. km). 2. Also called Panama City. a city in and the capital of Panama,… … Universalium
samisen — /sam euh sen /, n. a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum. [1610 20; < Japn < MChin, equiv. to Chin sanxia three string banjo] * * * ▪ Japanese musical instrument also… … Universalium
ukulele — /yooh keuh lay lee/; Hawaiian. /ooh koo lay lay/, n. a small, guitarlike musical instrument associated chiefly with Hawaiian music. Also, ukelele. [1895 1900, Amer.; < Hawaiian ukulele leaping flea ( uku flea + lele to jump, leap), a nickname… … Universalium
Latin American dance — Introduction dance traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese. These traditions reflect the distinctive mixtures of indigenous (Amerindian), African, and … Universalium
Zumpe, Johann Christoph — ▪ German piano maker born 1735, Saxony? died 1800, Germany German pianoforte (piano) maker and builder of the earliest known British piano (1766). Zumpe was an apprentice of the renowned German instrument builder Gottfried Silbermann … Universalium
balalaika — bal•a•lai•ka [[t]ˌbæl əˈlaɪ kə[/t]] n. pl. kas mad a Russian stringed instrument with a triangular body and a guitarlike neck • Etymology: 1780–90; < Russ … From formal English to slang
bandore — ban•dore [[t]bænˈdɔr, ˈdoʊr, ˈbæn dɔr, doʊr[/t]] also ban•do•ra [[t]bænˈdɔr ə, ˈdoʊr ə[/t]] n. pl. dores also do•ras mad an obsolete guitarlike musical instrument • Etymology: 1560–70; < Sp bandurria < L pandūra < Gk pandoûra … From formal English to slang
