Question

The latin atmosphere heard in "america" from west side story is achieved through the use of such south american instruments as _______.

Answer 1

The correct answers are claves, guiro, and guitar.

These are all instruments that have traditionally been used in folk music from the Latin American and the Caribbean area. because the musical movie West Side Story involves the Latin community in America, they decided to use these instruments to depict these people and their culture in songs because of the folk tradition.