Biguine, the Glossary
Biguine (bigin) is a rhythmic dance and music style that originated from Saint-Pierre, Martinique in the 19th century.[1]
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30 relations: Antillean Creole, Ballroom dance, Bélé, Beguine (dance), Bel Air, Haiti, Bell, Cadence rampa, Call and response, Cinquillo, Clarinet, Compas, Contradanza, Culture of Martinique, France, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, Jazz, List of Caribbean idiophones, Louisiana, Louisiana Creole people, Maraca, Music of Martinique, New Orleans, Paris, Polka, Saint-Pierre, Martinique, Slavery, Tambour, Tresillo (rhythm), Zouk.
- Caribbean music genres
- French styles of music
- Music of Guadeloupe
- Music of Martinique
- Polka derivatives
Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole (also known as Lesser Antillean Creole) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles.
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Ballroom dance
Ballroom dance is a set of European partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects.
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Bélé
A bélé is a folk dance and music from Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Biguine and bélé are French styles of music, music of Guadeloupe and music of Martinique.
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Beguine (dance)
The beguine is a dance and music form, similar to a slow rhumba.
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Bel Air, Haiti
Bel Air (Bèlè, Pretty Air) is a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Bell
A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument.
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Cadence rampa
Cadence rampa (kadans ranpa), or simply kadans, is a dance music and modern méringue popularized in the Caribbean by the virtuoso Haitian sax player Webert Sicot in the early 1960s. Cadence rampa was one of the sources of cadence-lypso. Genres: Caribbean and Latin America. Cadence and compas are two names for the same Haitian modern méringue. Biguine and cadence rampa are 20th-century music genres, music of Guadeloupe and music of Martinique.
Call and response
Call and response is a form of interaction between a speaker and an audience in which the speaker's statements ("calls") are punctuated by responses from the listeners.
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Cinquillo
A cinquillo is a typical Cuban/Caribbean rhythmic cell, used in the Cuban contradanza (the "habanera") and the danzón.
Clarinet
The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.
Compas
Compas, also known as compas direct in French, konpa dirèk in Haitian Creole, or simply konpa but most commonly as Kompa, is a modern méringue dance music genre of Haiti. Biguine and compas are 20th-century music genres.
Contradanza
Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which was an internationally popular style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted at the court of France. Biguine and contradanza are 20th-century music genres.
Culture of Martinique
As an overseas department of France, Martinique's culture is French and Caribbean.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
French West Indies
The French West Indies or French Antilles (Antilles françaises,; Antiy fwansé) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean.
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Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (Gwadloup) is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean.
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
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List of Caribbean idiophones
Historically, idiophones (percussion instruments without membranes or strings) have been widespread throughout the Caribbean music area, which encompasses the islands and coasts of the Caribbean Sea.
See Biguine and List of Caribbean idiophones
Louisiana
Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.
Louisiana Creole people
Louisiana Creoles (Créoles de la Louisiane, Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, Criollos de Luisiana) are a Louisiana French ethnic group descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the period of both French and Spanish rule.
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Maraca
A maraca, sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music.
Music of Martinique
The music of Martinique has a heritage which is intertwined with that of its sister island, Guadeloupe.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Polka
Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.
Saint-Pierre, Martinique
Saint-Pierre (Martinican Creole: Senpiè) is a town and commune of France's Caribbean overseas department of Martinique, founded in 1635 by Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc.
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Slavery
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.
Tambour
In classical architecture, a tambour (Fr.: "drum") is the inverted bell of the Corinthian capital around which are carved acanthus leaves for decoration.
Tresillo (rhythm)
Tresillo is a rhythmic pattern (shown below) used in Latin American music.
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Zouk
Zouk is a musical movement pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s. Biguine and Zouk are Caribbean music genres, French styles of music, music of Guadeloupe and music of Martinique.
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See also
Caribbean music genres
- Areíto
- Bahamian Rhyming Spiritual
- Baithak Gana
- Balakadri
- Biguine
- Cadence-lypso
- Calypso music
- Chouval bwa
- Combined rhythm
- Dancehall
- Dancehall pop
- Dembow beat
- Dominican dembow
- Fungi (music)
- Gwo ka
- Kaiso
- Kwadril
- Merengue típico
- Pambiche
- Reggae
- Reggae en Español
- Ringbang
- Soca music
- Tumba (music)
- Zouk
French styles of music
- Ars nova
- Ars subtilior
- Bélé
- Bal-musette
- Balakadri
- Biguine
- Chanson
- Chanson réaliste
- Chouval bwa
- Coupé-décalé
- Fallait pas écraser la queue du chat
- French classical music
- French folk music
- French hip hop
- French house
- French jazz
- French opera
- French pop music
- Gwo ka
- Kwadril
- Mélodie
- Maloya
- Rock music in France
- Yé-yé
- Zeuhl
- Zouk
Music of Guadeloupe
- Bélé
- Balakadri
- Biguine
- Boula (music)
- Bouladjel
- Cadence rampa
- Cadence-lypso
- Gwo ka
- Kwadril
- Les Aiglons
- Lewoz
- Mini-jazz
- Music of Guadeloupe
- Zouk
Music of Martinique
Polka derivatives
- Biguine
- Chamamé
- Chicken scratch
- Choro
- Forró
- Guarania (music)
- Jenkka
- Maxixe (dance)
- Norteño (music)
- Samba
- Schottische
- Xote