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Folk
Music of Littoral: The most traditional Littoral folk music
is chamamé and chamarrita, also tanguito Montielero,
chacarera estirada and milonga. Argentine north-west area
is known as littoral (fluvial) and comprises the provinces
of Misiones, Chaco, Formosa, Corrientes and Entre Ríos,
presenting strong influences from Santa Fe.
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ARGENTINA FOLK MUSIC • FLOKLORE ARGENTINA |
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Argentina folk music of Littoral |
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The Argentine north-west area is known
as littoral (fluvial) and comprises the provinces
of Misiones, Chaco, Formosa, Corrientes and Entre Ríos,
presenting strong influences from Santa Fe.
In Misiones, which limits with three countries, Guarani features are
blended with Brazilian ones (coming from Río Grande, to the
Brazilian south and showing surprising similarities with Argentine
littoral and Buenos Aires areas in Argentina). Several influences
are mixed up here: European immigration, which brought schotis (which
later included the almost inevitable local distortion, turning into
the most popular rhythm), was supplemented with elements coming from
a neighboring country like Paraguay, which contributed the galopa,
a dance which held the second position in popular preferences. |
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Izq.: Chamamé: de O. Soto,
Corrientes. Der.: Chamameceros de Charata, Chaco. |
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Guarani influence is remarkable in Formosa and Chaco,
even more in Corrientes, mainly in language. There it is chamamé
that reigns, with a great reach in the whole area, as well as rasguido
doble and valseado. In Entre Ríos chamarrita
can be commonly heard: a replication of sobre-paso from neighboring
Uruguay. In this last province (Entre Ríos), researchers like
Linares Cardozo could rescue some traditions from oblivion, as with
tanguito Montielero, chacarera estirada
and milonga, also in Entre Ríos version. |
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Linares Cardozo, composer,
guitar player, singer and painter from Entre Ríos |
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All these variants spread through Santa Fe, especially chamamé,
which even gets to Santiago del Estero, where it has great practitioners.
The music is melodious, sometimes rhythmic and stressed; the lyrics
are generally centered on love, landscape and testimonial subjects.
Traditionally, they are sung by a soloist or a duet, although recently
there have been bands with four or five members, who have created
modern harmonies. Accordion, in its different versions
(even piano accordion), bandonion, guitar and, in
some cases, Indian harp are the preferred musical
instruments. In all its ways, these rhythms are danced by an embracing
couple. |
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