page_title: Music of Latin America
section_title: Popular styles
hierarchical_section_title: Music of Latin America / Popular styles
caption_attribution_description: English: Pan pipes from South America. These pan pipes are probably not the best quality, but do play adequately. The pipes are made from bamboo and are tuned to a major scale, covering approximately 1.5 octaves. Keywords: Pan pipes, musical instrument, bamboo.&#160;:: (Note: although filename might be possibly inappropriate, source of derived image should be described. Also you can rename files using {{rename|Zampoña.jpg|3}}, where "3" means "Correct misleading names into accurate ones". See Commons:Rename for details.)
context_page_description: The music of Latin America refers to music originating from Latin America, namely the Romance-speaking countries and territories of the Americas and the Caribbean south of the United States. Latin American music also incorporates African music from slaves who were transported to the Americas by European settlers as well as music from the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Due to its highly syncretic nature, Latin American music encompasses a wide variety of styles, including influential genres such as cumbia, bachata, bossa nova, merengue, rumba, salsa, samba, son, and tango. During the 20th century, many styles were influenced by the music of the United States giving rise to genres such as Latin pop, rock, jazz, hip hop, and reggaeton.
  Geographically, it usually refers to the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions of Latin America, but sometimes includes Francophone countries and territories of the Caribbean and South America as well. It also encompasses Latin American styles that have originated in the United States such as salsa and Tejano.
caption: Zampoña, of type Siku.
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