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the country, its people and culture |
Argentina
folk music of Center North West: It presents traditional rhythms
like chacarera, gato, escondido, zamba, jota y bailecito cordobés,
chaya y vidalita riojana, baguala. The Center North West of
Argentina comprises the provinces of Santiago del Estero,
sur de Córdoba, La Rioja, Tucumán, Salta y Jujuy.
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ARGENTINA FOLK MUSIC
• FLOKLORE ARGENTINA |
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Argentina folk music of Center
North West |
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The center-north-west area begins
in the landlocked province of Santiago del Estero.
It presents traditional rhythms like chacarera, gato and escondido,
which are indistinctly performed by soloists, duets or bands using
guitars or bombo legüero, a percussion instrument from Santiago
del Estero. There are also occasional variants like remedio and arunguita,
all of them danceable. In the area of Salavina, due to the fact that
Quechua language is deeply rooted, the expression is bilingual; there,
music also includes violin and vidala, which is sung preferably by
a duet and without any choreography. |
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Sixto Palavecino, Santiago del Estero.. |
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The south of the province of
Córdoba is highly influenced by Cuyo music; in the
area of Tulumba it is chacarera
that is characteristic; in the rest of the province, zamba,
jota cordobesa, bailecito cordobés and gato.
In La Rioja chaya and vidalita
riojana prevail whereas in Tucumán it is zamba that stands
out, with a great dissemination all over the country. Zamba
as a dance is regarded as the national dance.
In Salta there is the epicenter of zamba,
although baguala, sung by a duet and in counterpoint
is also important. Finally, in the province of Jujuy,
the Puna is followed by the Bolivian altiplane, establishing
a current of undoubted musical sympathy. |
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Dancers with the caja
by Matilde Grant, Jujuy. Charango, Jaime Torres, Purmamarca, Jujuy. |
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Concerning this last region, we must mention huayno, cueca,
yaraví, triste, bailecito and carnavalito; all these
compositions are performed indistinctly by soloists, duets or bands.
Guitars, bass drums and eminently traditional instruments like caja,
and woodwinds like quena, pincullo, anata and erke.
The danceable version of these rhythms are all dances with a non-embracing
couple. |
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Left: Erkencho and Caja. Right:
Erke. |
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Print material of Sixto Palavecinowas
kindly granted by the Record Company. The other print material was
kindly granted by Ricardo Acebal.
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Author: Horacio
Alberto Agnese |
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