COLOMBIAN MUSIC

COLOMBIAN MUSIC

• The music of Colombia is an expression of Colombian culture, which contains diverse music genre, both traditional and modern, according with the features of each geographic region, although it is not uncommon to find different musical styles in the same region. The diversity in musical expressions found in Colombia can be seen as the result of a mixture of African, native Indigenous, and European (especially Spanish) influences, as well as more modern American.

CUMBIA

• Cumbia is a folkloric rhythm and dance from Colombia. It has components from three cultures, principally indigeous and Black African and, in lesser extent, white (Spanish), fruit of a long and intense interbreeding between these cultures during the Conquest and the Colony.
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• Legenda: This are the Cumbia tipical costumes

INSTRUMENTS

• In instrumentation are the drums of African origin; maracas, guache and the whistles (caña de milo and gaitas) of indigenous origin; whereas the songs and coplas are a contribution of Spanish poetics, although adapted later.
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• Legenda: This are Cumbia tipical instruments

VALLENATO

• Vallenato, along with cumbia, is a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in north-east Colombia.
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• Legenda: The vallenato Legend Festival.

INSTRUMENTS.

• Its three traditional instruments are:
• the caja vallenata: a small drum held between the knees and played with bare hands. It was used by the African slaves brought by the Europeans. Similar to a tambora drum.
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THE GUACHARACA

• The guacharaca a wooden, ribbed stick similar to a sugar cane, accompanied by a fork that when rubbed together emits a scraping sound. It's about 18 inches (45 centimetres) long and 1 inch (3 centimetres) in diameter. It was used by the aborigines to imitate the song of the guacharaco, a bird from the region, to hunt and perform dancing rites.
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THE ACCORDION

• the accordion: three-line button, German-origin accordion. It has three reeds per note and it comes in different tones, ADG, GCF, BbEbAb "5 Letras". Accordions in Colombia and Panama sometimes have custom made tones especially made for Vallenato and Cumbia
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JOROPO

• The Joropo is a musical style resembling the fandaango, and an accompanying dance. It has African, Native South American and European influences and originated in the plains called "Los llanos" of what is now Colombia and Venezuela.
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INSTRUMENTS OF JOROPO

• Harp. Diatonic instrument of thirty or thirty-three strings.
• Bandola llanera. Four-string instrument, the first two of nylon, the third and fourth of steel (beads). It is small and box wider than four; He has seven frets and his neck is short.
• Four. Four-string instrument and cut between fourteen and sixteen frets.
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