When looking at music throughout the decades, one notices particular sounds that have remained in popular music. Two of these are the samba and the habanera. These two types of songs have very basic, catchy beats. Theses simple beats have been consistently used throughout history. They can be heard in jazz and blues, usually on the stand up bass. The tunes have also carried through to modern pop music. While this may seem trivial, I find it incredibly interesting. This means that musicians were originally influenced by the traditional samba and habanera and that producers saw what was selling money. These producers then told their musicians to make songs with these beats so they would be hits. This is interesting to me because it’s taking something that could be creative and new and putting the same notes in the same order over and over again.