Advisory board -- Topical list of entries -- Preface -- Introduction -- Popular music -- Popular music resources -- Chronology of Latin American popular music -- The encyclopedia -- A: Accordion; Acordeón; Afoxé; Afro; Afro-Cuban; Afro-Dominican fusion music; Argentina; Arpa (harp); Axé Music -- B: Bachata; Baião; Bajo Sexto; Balada; Bambuco; Banda; Bandola; Bandolím; Bandoneón; Baquiné (also baquiní); Batería; Batucada; Biguine; Bloco Afro; Bolero; Bolivia; Bomba; Bombo; Bongó; Boogaloo; Bossa nova; Brazil; Bugalu -- C: Cajón; Calypso; Campana; Canción; Canción ranchera; Canción romántica; Carnival; Cavaquinho; Cencerro; Chacarera; Cha-Cha-Chá; Changüí; Charanga; Charango; Chicano rock; Chicha; Chile; Chocalho; Choro; Cinquillo; Clave; Claves; Colombia; Comparsa; Conga; Conga drum; Conjunto; Conjunto Cubano; Contradance; Contradanza; Coro; Corrido; Costa Rica; Cowbell; Cuarteto (Argentina); Cuatro; Cuba; Cubop; Cueca; Cuíca; Cultural imperialism; Cumbia -- D: Danza; Danzón; Danzonete; Décima; Descarga; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Dúo; Dupla; Dupla Caipira -- E : Ecuador; El Salvador; Estribillo; Estudiantina -- F: Filín; Flauta; Flute; Folk, art, and popular music; Forró; French Guiana; Frevo -- G: Gaga; Gender in Latin American popular music; Gran orquesta; Guadeloupe; Guaguancó; Guajeo; Guajira; Guaracha; Guataca; Guatemala; Güira; Güiro; Guitar; Guitarra; Guitarrón; Gwo ka (Gwoka).;This comprehensive survey examines Latin American music, focusing on popular-as opposed to folk or art-music and containing more than 200 entries on the concepts and terminology, ensembles, and instruments that the genre comprises.