GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Mento
- Genre family
- Caribbean
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Mento
Mento is a branch of the Caribbean family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Mento is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreCaribbean
Current genreMento
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1950s · North America · Mento
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