La música hispana - 14 Genres of Hispanic Music

Looking for a way to teach your students about Hispanic music instead of just listening to it? Tired of sifting through Spanish music videos for something appropriate for the classroom? Here are 14 popular genres of Latin music complete with descriptions, popular artists and videos that you can show in class!

Included are the following 14 genres of music:

1. Flamenco
2. Tango
3. Corrido (Narcocorrido)
4. Ranchera
5. Tejana
6. Balada
7. Vallenato
8. Cumbia
9. Bachata
10. Merengue
11. Salsa
12. Reggaetón
13. Rock
14. Música popular

Included with each genre:

1. A description of each including origin, important information, and instruments
2. Two popular artists/groups
3. Links to two music videos

The videos contained in this presentation are linked through YouTube. You must be able to access YouTube in order to use the links. Otherwise, you will have to download the videos on your own. I have included two videos for each genre that I feel are a good representation of the music. The videos I have chosen are considered school appropriate for my school. Please use your discretion if you feel your school may not support using certain videos.

***Please note: These are READ ONLY files and not editable documents.***

You will find included

• a READ ONLY PowerPoint
• a PDF file of the presentation
• a Google Slides version

The latest version of this file includes the following artists and songs:

1. Estrella Morente "Zambra"
2. India Martínez "El aire y el baile"
3. Gotan Project "Rayuela"
4. Nella "Voy"
5. Los Huracanes del Norte " A mi modo"
6. Calibre 50 "Corrido de Juanito"
7. Natalia Jiménez y Lila Down "La cigarra"
8. Lupita Infante "Serenata"
9. El Plan "Tu amor es único"
10. Sunny Sauceda "Solo es ella"
11. Pablo Alborán "Hablemos de amor"
12. Luis Fonsi "Loco soñador"
13. Carlos Vives "Ella es mi fiesta"
14. Andrés Cepeda con Fonseca "La promesa"
15. Los Ángeles Azules "20 Rosas"
16. Raymix "Te fuiste"
17. Frank Reyes "Decidí"
18. Zacarías Ferreira "El pasado"
19. Juan Luis Guerra "Lámpara pa' mis pies"
20. Deorro/Elvis Crespo "Bailar"
21. Victor Manuelle "Que suenen los tambores"
22. Marc Anthony "Vivir mi vida"
23. Daddy Yankee "Para siempre"
24. Ozuna "Mi niña"
25. Juanes "Juntos"
26. Enrique Bunbury "Despierta"
27. Nicky Jam/Silvestre Dangond "Cásate conmigo"
28. Sebastián Yatra/Carlos Vives "Robarte un beso"
29. Aitana "Nada sale mal"

Free updates for the life of the product!

Each year, I look for new videos in each genre. I will update the presentation as I make my own updates and they will be made available to you at no cost for the duration of the time that I continue to teach this lesson. There are years that I don’t make any changes if I don’t find any videos/artists worth changing.

How I Use This Presentation:

I present one genre per day over the course of several weeks. We go over the genre description, watch one video, discuss (in Spanish) their impressions of the music, watch the second video, discuss, and end by comparing the new genre to previous ones.

Other Ways to Use This Presentation:

This presentation also works great if you would just like something to expose your students to authentic music in Spanish.

Use the videos as a filler activity at the beginning or end of the week.

Use it as a reward.

Use it as a warm-up writing activity. Watch the video and write your impressions, what you understood, etc.

Other Materials to Accompany This Document

Student Information Packet

Música Hispana Student Research Project

Hispanic Music Essay Assignment

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