Dr. Munarriz considers the label “Latin American Music” problematic because within that label there are many diverse styles of music with different backgrounds. To clump them all together in such a broad term does not do all the different styles justice. I absolutely agree with this position. It would be as if people referred to all traditional music from Britain “British Music”, as if there are not many different types of music coming from what is now known as Britain.
Percussion (typically drums) uses ostinatos in Caribbean and Latin American musical expressions.
The Habanera Pattern is when you play on 1, the & of 2, 3, and 4 and is common in Latin American music.