It was discovered on the 3rd voyage of Christopher Columbus, August 2, 1498. Buildings on stilts local English to Venice and so gave the country the name of Venezuela:
Many forms, rhythms and melodies were born and continue to evolve in Venezuelan geography. The most famous of all is the national gender and Joropo. Some versions about the origin of the word Joropo report that comes from "Xarop" Arabic word syrup. It also believes that the coming joropo the old continent, and has ways and means related to Andalusian flamenco and other dances. It's a genre constantly reinvented and improvisation is the main axis.
Cecilia Todd is one of the artists that has penetrated deep into the Argentine public though not as recognized as it deserves in their country of origin. Her first album called "Green Bird" was recorded in Argentina and published in 1974.
born on 4 March in Caracas, Venezuela. He plays the cuatro and sings. Which is nothing taking into account simple rhythmic holding the instrument in both the Joropo as the Tango Merengue and other typical rhythms of Venezuela.
early age was devoted to collecting, researching and disseminating the music of his country. From October 9, 1972, when he first music concert
Cecilia is impossible to discuss without mentioning the four. She became known For over thirty years this instrument and also marveled at the milking songs are sung in the field at dawn d 'm way too joropos and meringues.
This broad spectrum of Venezuelan music, are present four small maracas, humor and playfulness popular and Cecilia Todd's voice, clear and vibrant, the music service.
Polo is considered by many as a genre that has a great search poetic and lyrical. The songs are in this style improvised by fishermen of the island.
Cecilia Todd interprets this magnificent Polo whose songs were collected by the folklorist John Liscano in 1942.
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Many forms, rhythms and melodies were born and continue to evolve in the Venezuelan geography. The most famous of all is the national gender and Joropo , born in the "flat" Venezuelans and n or single type of joropo.
Many modalities have emerged over time. In most of the Venezuelan geography, the joropo can be seen in its many forms of dance and touch. The main instruments used to play the Lone Ranger Joropo are
The harp : It's different traditional or classical harp. It has a narrow sounding plugs are placed in two rows.
FOUR : is a member of the family of old guitars and English guitars. Small, owes its name to the number of strings you have. Is run mainly by strumming or charrasqueo.
bandola LLANERA : is four strings (gut or nylon).
THE MARACAS : known are the seeds rattle inside.
The joropo is a genre constantly reinvented and improvisation is the main axis. We can draw roughly, 3 regions differ in the way of dance and play this rhythm:
Joropo Ranger : zapateos is characterized by strong man and very subtle swabs of women .
tuyero or central Joropo : Runs in the central plains of the country. Is much slower and less heavy stomping, but in the field rhythmic complexity increases, due to overlapping bars at different times.
E l joropo tuyero or central difference two generic forms: The passage (or uprising) and The Sting.
l E passage consists of three parts, repetitive music with no chorus, consisting of periods of four or eight bars.
l E blow instead has two basic parts, the verse and chorus, the verse being composed two songs. Its poetic form is especially the song. This memorial transmitted music is characterized by its ternary rhythm in 3 / 8.
East Joropo : In the east, it is customary to touch joropos that unlike previous ones, give more space to move your hips.
Among the genres of Hispanic descent, as joropo, we can find a popular style called Merengue Venezolano.
The Venezuelan Merengue came from a combination of popular rhythms such as polka, dance and tango. It has no connection with the Argentine tango, but with the English tango, or tango Cadiz. In the 20's, especially in Caracas, merengue became a musical form that extends throughout the Caribbean basin.
The orchestration of the meringue is made up of four solo instruments: trumpet, trombone, saxophone and clarinet and the four accompanying instruments, bass and percussion. The pace can be of 2 / 4 or 5 / 8.
In Venezuela there are different music ensembles taking over the root and re-interpreted from a contemporary perspective and in turn is a great tradition of string players, who are developing the touch of Four ,
Achilles is internationally recognized figures such as Paquito de Rivera, Richard Bona and more. Lives in New York and runs multiple styles both traditional and Venezuela también Jazz o Klezmer. En su aspecto como docente, Aquiles ha sabido ser un formador y un continuador de la tradición de la guitarra venezolana.
Entre los grupos de jóvenes que han sido influenciados por su música se encuentra un ensamble de tres grandes músicos que se dedican precisamente e las cuerdas, un trio de cuatro, mandolina y guitarra llamado Kapicua. Aquiles conoció a dos de sus integrantes en un taller que dictaba en Nueva York y al tercero en el mundo de la guitarra escuchándolo tocar por casualidad.
En otra oportunidad at a workshop in Caracas where these talented young people agreed, Aquiles Baez decided to introduce the 3 musicians and encourage them to make music together. Thus it was that Edward Ramirez added his four Jorge Torres mandolin and guitar and was born Alvaro Paiva Bimbo Kapicua assembly. Retake those traditional rhythms of Venezuelan folklore and interpreted with this particular string instruments.
Waltz
The waltz is a genre that clearly came from Europe but that the land on our continent suffered mutations that rooted interesting to these lands for indigenous particularities really outstanding.
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This genus is characteristic of the Andes region and the West Central region of the country, however you can find in other parts of the Venezuelan geography with particular differences.
is interpreted, guitar, tiple, harp, four, piano and clarinet, the latter added.
In the Andean region the violin and mandolin are the solo instruments, accompanied by guitar, tiple and four.
The Encayapa group .
This group of six members is proposed to dilute the boundary between popular and academic. Some members of Encayapa, met at the Graduate Institute of Musical Studies. Others were part of the Symphonic Orchestra of Venezuela Simon Bolivar Youth.
Encayapa The percussionist, Leowaldo Aldana, is part of a research team aimed to rescue the legacy of African music in Venezuela.
drum beats. VENEZUELA AFRO
Beyond the rhythms of English and indigenous descent in Venezuela you can find a strong African roots that has influenced a multitude of rhythms and also developed an interesting range of drums.
One of the genres that became entrenched in the traditional folklore of the country is the drumbeat that represents the legacy of African slaves that took hold in the Venezuelan coast. The drum beats in Venezuela are linked to cult San Juan and San Pedro. This music has concentrated on the coast, specifically from the central Miranda state to western Yaracuy state.
There are several drums arrived in Maracaibo by black slaves from what is now Angola, Congo and Zaire. Mina drums complexes composed of 2 drums: the mine and the Curbata, run with the Laures or clubs with which you strike the drum corps.
used all round drums known as puja culo'e three conical drums with two membranes that run as an accompaniment to the songs and dances of the festival of San Juan. Finally there are the blows of drums cumaco, where the polyrhythms comes in variants of the second drum, the freedom of maracas and some accents setback of the third drum.
Another interesting example is that of calypso, Afro-Caribbean rhythm originally from Trinidad and Tobago , very popular in the Caribbean islands Anglophone and Francophone also Costa Rica, Panama and southern Venezuela .
African slaves were brought to the Antilles to work, being away from their family and cultural roots. I was not allowed to talk among themselves during working hours, so they began writing songs as a means of communication and entertainment. The language used was a mixture of French and English called patois. Patois is precisely that today plays calypso. The guitars, drums and maracas make instrumentation Venezuelan calypso typical.
This rhythm traveled to Venezuela in mid-nineteenth century with immigration of male and female slaves from the British and French Antilles, who moved the country to work in mines operated by Gallic and British.
The Venezuelan calypso coined characteristics that differentiate it from other regions of Caribbean calypso. It incorporates four and became popular especially in the Callao area, in southern Bolivar state. Their lyrics often contain a mischievous tone of social criticism.
calypso drums are cylindrical mambranófonos a single patch and are of Indian origin. This battery consists of three drums, two of them define the calypso, while a third smaller drum and sharper temple known as Bum-Bac make the chimes. Accompany calypso carnival celebration in the region of Callao.
Bagpipe, ZULIA
Another rhythms that can be mentioned more in detail in this journey through Venezuelan music is the bagpipes. Original Zulia state in Venezuela . Today it is a genre that is associated with Christmas
Among the styles in the interpretation of the Zulian gaita are:
turn, pipers instruments traditionally used are: The furro, maracas, four, The charrasca and the drum.
During the decades of 60 and 70 began to enter other elements in search of enriching the sound of the bagpipes. Piano, bass, congas, guitars, cymbals, drums and even wind and string instruments were considered for this purpose.
Gurrufío The Assembly was born in 1984 in the hands of talented musicians who opened a new way of playing instrumental music in Venezuela, returning to traditional music but giving a prominent place for improvisation and fusion with genres such as jazz.
Cheo Hurtado, one of the best performers of four, with David Peña on bass and guitar African influences he brings to the group Venezuelan Cristobal Soto on mandolin and guitar and Luis Julio Toro on flutes, integrate this innovative group in 1988 recorded an album titled "Things of yesterday," paying homage to great composers and performing in a very original classic Latin American popular songbook. Among the repertoire chosen is this version of the bagpipe anthem composed by Ricardo Aguirre Zulia Maracaibo originally known as "monumental" revolutionized the genre. The gray Zuliana played by the legendary assembler Gurrufío, one of the pioneering ensembles reformulate and cool roots music with modern touches.
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