Improvisation in singing facts of everyday life,
of the working days and events important
, is in the form of poems and is one of the
musical events that are most relevant.
The performers are accompanied by musicians and recite
the people with skill and humor when there is, but
always with a deep sense of the ideal of life and needs
. This improvisation gives way to self-expression
plains: the counterpoint, which alternate
two vocalists singing their songs, impressing his genius
continued copla
left by the caller. When the music center the harp
it is accompanied by four and maracas.
Life is harsh on the plain, and the summers are so
intense as the rainy season, which is why it
shocking conspiracy that between
instrument like the harp, which was initially used to interpret religious music
, and the voice and the feeling of
men who are confronted daily with the harsh environmental
.
In this region we find that the music revolves around a
leader or melodic instrument called
(harp, mandolin, mandolin and guitar) and two companions
instruments are usually four to
maracas, popularly are recognized as
capachos69.
The harp is a stringed instrument made instrument almost always built from cedar
although the wood can
vary, provided it is strong and durable. The most widely used
the music of this region is known
as part diatonic harp, inherited from the Jesuits.
"This instrument was widely used throughout the English-American
during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
as a solo instrument and harmony both in music and in religious
profane. Later, during the eighteenth century
was consolidated as the main instrument
of various genres of traditional regional music latinoamericana70 "
The cuatro71 have a sounding board and is interpreted by the strumming
and digital press in the mango
72 is shorter and smaller than the guitar, where proviene73.
has four strings in the beginning were
gut and are now plastic, which are tied to
bridge and go directly to the mechanical headstock. The
fingerboard extends over half of the front cover plate
same wood, cut very thin almost always has
veneer and decorative figures in the
mediatapa, which protect the nails as it is an instrument
which is interpreted by the rasgueo74
tough. The tuning of acute a grave for each string corresponds
traditional notation notes if
F #, re and (B, F #, D and A.) The Four
is a musical instrument typically Venezuelan plains origin, which has as its name suggests four strings, which can be gut or nylon, which are called from left to right: fourth, second, first and third, but musically rightful names: LA, D, F # and SI.
http://www.venezuela.ch/cancionero/cuatro.html
http://www.elcuatrovenezolano.com/
llanera The mandolin comes directly from the English Renaissance guitar
.
consists of four strings and tuning is variable but the most widespread natural called bandola
is in acute severe
: Mi, La, Re and La. It has a handle ten frets:
eight on the pitch and two on the top. It is made of
one or more of the following materials: spruce, rosewood
(Palo Santo, India), ebony and cedar. There is also a mandolin
marcante
called ping pong with only three strings.
The mandolin, is a stringed instrument derived from
mandolin or fife tiple Santander, is tuned to the same relationship
interval llanera mandolin, but depending on your
size, vary the actual sounds.
has four double orders. , E, A, D, and sun or maracas
The mats are the only idiophones
used in music that is prevalent in this region. The manufacture of the maracas
spherical or ovoid, is carried out dos76
dried gourds, which are in a different amount of seeds
dried mats for
get different sounds. There are two types, called
male and female. Cascabel, cascabelina or
cunchas.
The furruco is an instrument used to mark the low
songs. The parties that make up this
instrument are: a hollow wooden cylinder in
ends and one of them covered with skin of a horse or bovino78
. A loaf of sugar cane, covered with beeswax
, nailed or inserted in the middle of leather
being pressed down or up
produces a sound very serious. The tone of this instrument
vary according to the pressure exerted on the rod
the speed with which it enters the scope and depth
other variables that are very complicated
interpretation.
Taken from: The National Plan for Living Music
by Maria Consuelo Araujo Castro
