What is Latin music?
[[File:Tango au01.JPG |thumb|right|260px|[[Tango]]]] [[File:Occidente.jpg|thumb|right|260px|A conjunto from the west of Cuba in 1926. The instruments are of Spanish, African and Indian origin]] '''Latin music''' is a form of [[popular music]] played by from [[Latin America]]. For practical purposes that includes the [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking [[Caribbean]]. Much Latin music is accompanied by [[song]] (singing) in Spanish. Latin music is a part of [[world music]], which is the study of popular and traditional music in all countries.<ref name=World>Broughton, Simon & Ellingham, Mark 2000.''World music. Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific''. London: The Rough Guide. {{ISBN|1-85828-636-0}}</ref><ref name=Rhythms>Hanly, Francis & May, Tim 1989. ''Rhythms of the world''. London: BBC Books. {{ISBN|0-563-20790-6}}</ref> Part of the story is also the influence of Latin music in other parts of the world, especially [[North America]].<ref name=tinge>Roberts, John Storm 1979. ''The latin tinge: the impact of latin american music on the United States''. Oxford University press. {{ISBN|0-19-502564-4}}</ref><ref name=jazz>Roberts, John Storm 1999. ''Latin jazz: the first of the fusions, 1880s to today''. New York: Schirmer. {{ISBN|0-02-864681-9}}</ref> In discussing Latin music these themes are important: # Place: the country and sometimes the region of the music's origin. # The former [[Europe]]an [[colonialism|colonial]] power and its heritage # The culture of [[wikt:aboriginal|aboriginal]] inhabitants (the [[Indigenous peoples|Indian]] tribes) # The culture of [[slaves]] brought from [[Africa]] # Musical style; for instance, [[church music]] will be different from [[classical music|art music]], and different again from [[popular music]]. In this article we shall talk mostly about popular music. For example, differences in the music of [[Peru]] from that of [[Brazil]] are influenced or caused by such differences: # Peru had few African slaves. Its colonial power was Spain, and