The musical structure of kizomba it is easily recognizable. It touching the palms would correspond to the following sequence: A strong slap (which would correspond with time 1 of the music), followed by two claps soft and close together in time (the first one would be a syncopated note and the second corresponds with time 2 of the music) and finally a third also softer slap separated from the above (it would also be syncopated).
this structure, known as a round, usually present in the whole song, except in some subjects, where it is omitted from the introduction of the song somewhere in the middle section, leaving only the melody sound.
The history the Kizomba is a musical genre of Angolan origin, a Portuguese former colony. A mid 80 various Angolan artists began to create songs derived from Semba very quickly conquered the public.
A midyear 2008 the Portuguese began using the expression “kizomba” to refer to a successful zouk kizomba confusing with zouk. Nevertheless, Currently the term is used interchangeably to refer to this genre.
Arriving in Europe, the entrance was mainly Portugal where there is a large Cape Verdean and Angolan community, although it did directly to France, They began to call any style of music that sounded similar to the Kizomba by this name, and that is where the controversy of whether the Kizomba and Zouk are the same originating.
Today there are new Kizomba music substyles, as Tarraxa, which they differ in the strength of the beaten and the tempo of the music.
In the beginning, Kizomba spread almost exclusively Lusophone African countries, but later (favored by immigration) He arrived in Europe, U.S, Brazil, where more and more countries with large communities of kizomberos (fans of this musical genre and its dance): Portugal, France, Belgium, Spain, England, Italy, Poland, Russia…
Currently there are kizomberos artists who are already conquering the boxes a little worldwide, among which caboverdianos as Nelson Freitas, Mika Mendes, djodje, Suzana Lubrano, paulinha, Marcia…and Angolans artists like Anselmo Ralph, Yola Araujo, Big Nelo, Matias Damazio etc.
He home the Kizomba has been very popular in Europe in recent years, particularly in Portugal, France and Spain, and it extends around the world quickly.
Normally, an intimate embrace generated; Man embraces woman with right arm and the woman with his left arm around the man's neck, head resting gently on it (although in Cape Verde for example, contact will be more focused on hip). He left the woman's right arm man holding blocking the torso. Driving man is fundamentally through the torso, but also with arms and hips. In the kizomba, Stepped steps and figures are made with a slow cadence pace mousse (percussion), so that men usually look for the woman walk in the most relaxed way possible, taking small steps and proposing changes smooth rhythm. It is always looking man improvise from the musicality, giving the dance a feeling of great softness and harmony.
As a fusion of various dance styles (last, exit, tarraxa…) There are different records within dancing Kizomba. Passada brings the figures Stepped with man and woman together, in Saida women a little separated and she leaves to walk on the side of man, and the tarraxa not walk, but man marks the cadence of the music gently with hip during musical pauses when no whipped.