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Quinlan

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Traditional Colombian music in Cartagena's old town

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Traditional Spanish Flamenco Music (Greatest Hits Full Album)

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I think that this is a dance...

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Here it is

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KAIA Kids Around the World - The Music of México

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Waka Waka (Esto es Africa) (Cancion Oficial de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA� Sudafrica 2010)

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Traditional Costa Rica Dance Performance: Experience the Folk Music and Dance of Costa Rica

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"Cholo Soy y No Me Compadezcas" -vals- (Luis A. Morales)

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Traditional Colombian music in Cartagena's old town

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Peru music is a fusion of sounds and styles drawing on the country's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Hundreds of years of cultural mixing in Peru has formed a broad musical landscape along with unique pre-Hispanic and mestizo dances to accompany the tunes.

Andean influences can be best heard in wind instruments and the shape of the melodies

African influences is heard in the rhythm and percussion instruments.

European influences can be heard in the harmonies and stringed instruments.

Before the Viceroyalty of Peru, much of the Peruvian territory constituted the Tahuantinsuyo (the Inca Empire), uniting several of the oldest cultures such as Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Chimu, Nazca and roughly 20 other smaller civilizations. Of these ancient people, the Nazca culture was a major contributor to the region's pre-Columbian musical traditions. Today, the central, northern, and southern Andes are famous for preserving traditional rhythms and huayno.

Typical instruments used in Peruvian music include the flute, the antara or zampoña, the cojon, and a traditional guitar, which in Peru has also a smaller variant, known as the "charango" and mandolin.

Inca Instruments

The Incas used a wide variety of musical instruments.

Unique Peruvian Instruments

Charango: Peruvian music is dominated by the national instrument, the charango. It was invented during the Viceroyalty of Peru by musicians imitating the Spanish vihuela. In the Canas and Titicaca regions, the charango is used in courtship rituals. After the revolution in 1959, which was built upon the Indigenismo movement, the charango was popularized among other performers. Variants include the walaycho, chillador, chinlili, and the larger and lower-tuned charangon.

Cajón: The cajón is a percussion instrument developed by African slaves. The rhythms played on them are often African influenced; some percussive instruments are of non-African origin. For example, of European origin is the bombo bass drum, and of Andean origin are the wankara and tinya respectively.

Wind Instruments: In addition to the ocarina and wakrapuku, there are two basic types of Peruvian wind instruments, the panpipes and flutes, both of native Andean origin. Of the former variety, there are the siku (or zampoña) and antara. Of the latter variety, there are the pinkillo, tarka, and quena flutes.

European and Afro-Peruvian Influence

With the conquest and later colonial era, the Peruvian territory is influenced by European and later Afro-Peruvian music.

One of the first European rhythms to merge with the folklore of the African population is orchestrated by the priest Juan de Araujo in the carol The Negritos,which includes a particular style of Spanish spoken by black communities. In Cusco, Hanac Pachap, a religious Christian hymn, can be traced back in with lyrics in Quechua and was composed by Father Juan Perez Bocanegra. Hanac Pachap is the first work of American choral polyphony.

Dance during colonial times in Peru had a strong Austrian influence with Flemish, Italian and German influence and the second Bourbon influence with French models. Attached to these styles of dance are different interpretation with African rhythms of early Creole music. Musical diversity was well documented during the last years of the colonial times, and its tunes embodied many instruments such as panpipes, trumpets, guitars, marimbas, and quijadas (jaws). The rhythms that were fashionable in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were the major yaravíes, cascabelillos, Cachúas and Negritos.

Both the colony and during the beginning of the Republican era, people made no distinction between sacred and profane music. During the government of Viceroy Abascal, Italian opera was very popular in Lima. By the late eighteenth century, dance teachers were mostly black, but in 1790 this activity was banned because they were accused of inventing and modifying original dance steps. Because of the ban, foreign teachers of non-Afro descent became more popular in Peru.

Upon Peru's Independence, mostly Spanish music has been preserved. The churches concentrated a lot on both religious and secular music. The most important cathedrals counted with their own orchestras, hired musicians other churches for their festivals and processions. After independence the Peruvians showed great fondness for local rhythms, preferring national musicians, during 1820 and 1830 were fashionable some tunes musician José Bernardo Alcedo (author of the national anthem of Peru). In turn Peruvian musicals had the predilection of Peruvians. These were changing tastes and preferences for European musical rhythms and operas displaced the national rhythms in Peruvian cities.

The preferred instruments during this period were the guitars, organs, clavelines, harps, fiddles, harps and pianos, Peru manufactured these instruments and also were exports to Guayaquil and Guatemala, in the case of the guitar, and Santiago de Chile, in the case of the salterios. With the Republican era is born Creole music influenced by the French of the minuet, the waltz Viennese, the Polish Masurca , Spanish jota and mestizo expressions of the central coast. The musical production in the early twentieth century was very intense and composers were mostly people from neighborhoods that were characterized by a particular style for each neighborhood. At this time it is known as the Old Guard, and his compositions had no scores so they were not recorded and many of the authors were lost in anonymity. The industrial period of Creole music is accompanied by the mass of the phonograph, and the advent of the phonograph brought to Peru foreign rhythms like tango and foxtrot. These foreign rhythms eventually displaced the Creole music

This new generation of the 20s was adapted to musical tastes then fusing the Creole music with other rhythms but without losing the essence of Peru. The Creole industry began to evolve, are the arrangers and singers are not necessarily those that compose the songs. This is increasing the start of broadcasting in Peru in 1935, with this the Creole music ceases to be exclusive of the popular sectors and there is a creaole feeling that starts in Lima as the national. In 1944 was institutionalized "Day of the Creole Song"

Andean Music

Along the Peruvian Andes, in every town, there are a variety of songs and dances. In Inca times, the word "taki" as used to refer simultaneously to both song and dance, as both activities were not separated from one another. Now, Andean music is blended, even most used instruments in the Andes is mestizo. In Arequipa and Southern Andes has spread greatly yaraví, melancholic style of singing, which is one of the most widespread types of singing. An andean song that is the Condors passes, a traditional song composed by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles, it was popularized in the United States by the duo Simon & Garfunkel. The original composition is a hymn to the sun, slowly, followed by a leak kashwa and Huayno.

Then there is the huaylas, a cheerful rhythm of the central Andes. This is another widespread type of song and dance. In Ancash is grown rhythms of huayno, chuscada, pasacalle and cashua. The huayno is the genre of popular Andean music, although its origin can be traced to the Inca period, so it seems to be purely a creation mestiza. Variants are grown throughout the Peruvian highlands. A similar genre is the tondero northern Peruvian coast.

Creole Music

The coast is the most influenced by Spanish culture, combines traditional European rhythms like the waltz and polka with different rhythms, especially from Africa. Current Creole music emerges in late nineteenth century as part of the process of social transformation experienced by the city of Lima, visiting different states to the present. The most popular style in Lima is the Peruvian waltz. Besides the waltz, the Creole music genres include the polka and the marinera, this last, with origins in ancient zamacueca. The marinera is the national dance of Peru, named by the writer Abelardo Gamarra in honor of the sailors who fought against the army of Chile in the Pacific War. Among Peruvian coast, is considered as representative as in tango in Argentina. It has three main variants, the northern, the Lima and the mountain.

Currently in Peru, have spread further dances; including has been realized fusion of many genres, such as the music of Jean Pierre Magnet or Damaris. The youth population is dominated by foreign rhythms, influencing young people by their economic situation. The rock in Peru was originated in the early '50s as a major influence on American and British musicians for later follow different trends like alternative rock, pop, hard rock, metal, punk (the band The Saicos is considered by many national and international media as the first punk rock band in history) among other trends. Also noteworthy Gianmarco and Pedro Suarez Vertiz.

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Peruvian Music - Peru music is a fusion of sounds and styles drawing on the country's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Hundreds of years of cultural mixing in Peru has ...

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Traditional Inca music - Cusco - Peru - 2018

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Equitorial Guineas traditional music is called Makkossa

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The Mexican Hat Dance (El Jarabe Tapatío) - Piano Tutorial

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Varada

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Music from Argentina for Guitar and Bandoneon

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBwDQ_jplkw&ab_channel=GiorgeiX    Encuentros is the name of this music

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Ecuador is home to a number of cultures, including the Mestizo culture and a unique blend of Afro-Ecuadorian culture. Afro-Ecuadorians are the descendants of African slaves who worked on the coastal sugar plantations in the sixteenth century. The Afro-Ecuadorians that are present in Ecuador today are famous for their marimba music as well as their many music and dance festivals. Long before the Spanish had conquered Ecuador, and even before the rise of the Inca civilization, the diverse native cultures of the region had rich musical traditions. It is clear that music has always played an important role in the ancient Andean people's lives as archaeologists have found some very old instruments, such as drums, flutes, trumpets and other musical artifacts, in ancient tombs.

When the Spanish, with their Catholic missionaries and their African slaves, conquered Ecuador in the 16th century, many other musical styles were introduced. The mixture of the indigenous, Spanish and African music and sounds have formed very distinctive music styles that are present today.

Ecuador is well-known for marimba, a unique form of music that was introduced by the Esmeraldas. It is a direct and virtually unchanged import from the Western Africa region. Marimba is played on a musical instrument of the same name. The instrument features wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators, and these bars are played with small mallets.

Pasillo, pasacalle and yarabi are also very popular forms of music in Ecuador. El pasillo is played with an instrument that usually has six strings which are either strummed or plucked like the strings of a guitar, and the rondin, which is similar to a flute. The musical style is usually down tempo and it is descended from the waltz. Pasacalle is a form of dance music, while the sentimental yarabi is probably the most popular form in Ecuador.

The inhabitants of the Chota River Valley have also invented a form of music called the bomba, which has achieved a bit of a reputation outside the region.
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Music in Ecuador, Artists, Musicians - Cultures in Ecuador | Ecuador

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Ecuador is home to a number of cultures, including the Mestizo culture and a unique blend of Afro-Ecuadorian culture. Afro-Ecuadorians are the descendants of African slaves who worked on the coastal sugar plantations in the sixteenth century. The Afro-Ecuadorians that are present in Ecuador today are famous for their marimba music as well as their many music and dance festivals.

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Mexico is a Spanish speaking country, here is some traditional music.

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Mexican Music Instrumental: Traditional Music From Mexico

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(Calvin)

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1 Hour Ande Music | The Best Traditional Music From Bolivia Peru Chile Ecuador

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Some interesting ukelele music

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Folk music from Venezuela - El tigrito by Arany Zoltán

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Brigid

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Read this article about music from the Dominican Republic! There is a video included. I will provide the link here: https://www.lopesancostabavaro.com/en/blog/discover/dominican-music-and-folklore/ as well as in the link section above.

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Hotel Lopesan Costa Bávaro Resort, Spa & Casino (Punta Cana)

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The biggest tourist attraction in the Dominican Republic are its extensive beaches with fine white sand and turquoise waters. However, the country has many more attractions that are well worth enjoying as a family or as a couple while on holiday. Two of them are its music and its festivals, where Punta Cana stands out, one of the regions with the most action and plans in the Dominican Republic.

Due to the Dominican Republic's historical proximity to Spain, and the settlers who came here, the most important festivals and music are very similar in both countries. Specifically, Dominican inhabitants are known for their musical and dancing skills, to the point where you'll find them dancing anywhere where a good song is being played.

Traditional music in the Dominican Republic

Above all, there are two musical genres that are synonymous with the Dominican Republic: merengue and bachata, although you can find endless styles of dance, music and folklore in the Dominican country.

The merengue is the national music and dance of the Dominican Republic. In 2016, it was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. If you speak with any Dominican, they will help you grasp just how much it is engrained in the essence of any inhabitant of the country, as its lyric is shared and transmitted every day in real life stories, and the instruments that are used reflect the identity of the Dominican Republic:

The güira, from the island's Taino tradition; a cylinder composed of metal with a brush to play it from top to bottom.

The yembé, a drum of African origin.

The accordion, from Spanish culture.

Bachata, despite not being the traditional music of the Dominican Republic, has gained a lot of popularity in recent years, both in the Dominican Republic and throughout the world. Originating from Bolero, this sensual and slow music was considered the music of the lower classes. However, it soon became extremely popular, to the point of reaching the most sophisticated levels of Dominican musical culture, being played by celebrities such as Víctor Víctor or Juan Luis Guerra.

One of the first creators and disseminators of bachata is José Manuel Calderón, during the 1960s, to later be extended by Rafael Encarnación or Luis Segura, accompanied by singers such as Luis Vargas or Antony Santos, who came up with new tones and rhythms. Finally, in the 1990s, the Aventura musical group led by Romeo Santos created a new style, fusing bachata with other rhythms and music, modernising the genre and taking it into the international sphere.

Despite not being as widespread as merengue and bachata, Son is part of the Dominican musical culture. It was born at the end of the 19 th century, in the northern cities of Puerto Plata and Monte Cristi, as a result of the fusion of Latin and African rhythms; although there are theories that say it is a genre derived from Bolero. Its creation is attributed to the Cuban singer Miguel Matamoros.

Famous Dominican singers

Today there are many world-renowned Dominican singers, among which we can highlight Juan Luis Guerra, Joseíto Mateo, Milly Quezada, Juan Guerra, Fernando Villalona, Los Hermanos Rosario, and many more.

Many artists are part of the Son genre, such as Sonia Cabral (known as the Queen of Son), Grupo Manantial, Los Hermanos Heredia, or the Bonyé group, which performs every Sunday afternoon in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo.

Dominican Folk Music

Directly influenced by the African heritage from which it originates, Dominican folklore is just as prevalent as its modern rhythms. Its traditional sounds can be enjoyed in several regions of the Dominican Republic, especially during the month of Carnival in February.

Within Santo Domingo, the Congos de Villa Mella come to mind, declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2001, characterised by its spiritual rhythms that come from West Africa; where the double-headed drums and the maracas stand out. Another musical style protected by UNESCO is the music of the Guloyas and their Cocolo dance, of African and British origin.

Popular music

In addition to the Son, Bachata or Merengue, there are other contemporary styles of music that can be listened to in the Dominican Republic, such as jazz.

Festivals in Punta Cana

The most important festivals in the Dominican Republic are those in honour of the patron saints, where each province celebrates its own festival with a duration of approximately 9 days. Although the origin is religious, they are accompanied by all kinds of sports, as well as artistic displays and concerts.

These are just a few examples of the Dominican cultural wealth, a country that will draw you in with its beaches and coasts, and that will charm you with the culture and tradition tucked away within its borders.

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Dominican Music and Folklore - Lopesan Costa Bávaro

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The biggest tourist attraction in the Dominican Republic are its extensive beaches with fine white sand and turquoise waters. However, the country has many more attractions that are well worth enjoying as a family or as a couple while on holiday.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t5sY-pUedQ&ab_channel=carrisagas

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https://www.britannica.com/place/France

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Traditional Music from Peru

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Traditional Peruvian Music and Dance at the Great Falls National Historical Park in Paterson, NJ

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Read an article and watch a video on music from the Dominican Republic!

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Hotel Lopesan Costa Bávaro Resort, Spa & Casino (Punta Cana)

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The biggest tourist attraction in the Dominican Republic are its extensive beaches with fine white sand and turquoise waters. However, the country has many more attractions that are well worth enjoying as a family or as a couple while on holiday. Two of them are its music and its festivals, where Punta Cana stands out, one of the regions with the most action and plans in the Dominican Republic.

Due to the Dominican Republic's historical proximity to Spain, and the settlers who came here, the most important festivals and music are very similar in both countries. Specifically, Dominican inhabitants are known for their musical and dancing skills, to the point where you'll find them dancing anywhere where a good song is being played.

Traditional music in the Dominican Republic

Above all, there are two musical genres that are synonymous with the Dominican Republic: merengue and bachata, although you can find endless styles of dance, music and folklore in the Dominican country.

The merengue is the national music and dance of the Dominican Republic. In 2016, it was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. If you speak with any Dominican, they will help you grasp just how much it is engrained in the essence of any inhabitant of the country, as its lyric is shared and transmitted every day in real life stories, and the instruments that are used reflect the identity of the Dominican Republic:

The güira, from the island's Taino tradition; a cylinder composed of metal with a brush to play it from top to bottom.

The yembé, a drum of African origin.

The accordion, from Spanish culture.

Bachata, despite not being the traditional music of the Dominican Republic, has gained a lot of popularity in recent years, both in the Dominican Republic and throughout the world. Originating from Bolero, this sensual and slow music was considered the music of the lower classes. However, it soon became extremely popular, to the point of reaching the most sophisticated levels of Dominican musical culture, being played by celebrities such as Víctor Víctor or Juan Luis Guerra.

One of the first creators and disseminators of bachata is José Manuel Calderón, during the 1960s, to later be extended by Rafael Encarnación or Luis Segura, accompanied by singers such as Luis Vargas or Antony Santos, who came up with new tones and rhythms. Finally, in the 1990s, the Aventura musical group led by Romeo Santos created a new style, fusing bachata with other rhythms and music, modernising the genre and taking it into the international sphere.

Despite not being as widespread as merengue and bachata, Son is part of the Dominican musical culture. It was born at the end of the 19 th century, in the northern cities of Puerto Plata and Monte Cristi, as a result of the fusion of Latin and African rhythms; although there are theories that say it is a genre derived from Bolero. Its creation is attributed to the Cuban singer Miguel Matamoros.

Famous Dominican singers

Today there are many world-renowned Dominican singers, among which we can highlight Juan Luis Guerra, Joseíto Mateo, Milly Quezada, Juan Guerra, Fernando Villalona, Los Hermanos Rosario, and many more.

Many artists are part of the Son genre, such as Sonia Cabral (known as the Queen of Son), Grupo Manantial, Los Hermanos Heredia, or the Bonyé group, which performs every Sunday afternoon in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo.

Dominican Folk Music

Directly influenced by the African heritage from which it originates, Dominican folklore is just as prevalent as its modern rhythms. Its traditional sounds can be enjoyed in several regions of the Dominican Republic, especially during the month of Carnival in February.

Within Santo Domingo, the Congos de Villa Mella come to mind, declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2001, characterised by its spiritual rhythms that come from West Africa; where the double-headed drums and the maracas stand out. Another musical style protected by UNESCO is the music of the Guloyas and their Cocolo dance, of African and British origin.

Popular music

In addition to the Son, Bachata or Merengue, there are other contemporary styles of music that can be listened to in the Dominican Republic, such as jazz.

Festivals in Punta Cana

The most important festivals in the Dominican Republic are those in honour of the patron saints, where each province celebrates its own festival with a duration of approximately 9 days. Although the origin is religious, they are accompanied by all kinds of sports, as well as artistic displays and concerts.

These are just a few examples of the Dominican cultural wealth, a country that will draw you in with its beaches and coasts, and that will charm you with the culture and tradition tucked away within its borders.

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Dominican Music and Folklore - Lopesan Costa Bávaro

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtG8z49zZH8

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqUX_7DVIk

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The flag looks very interesting.

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Perú - Traditional Music of Peru Vo. 1 (1958)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZcuW3xFRMw

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv3gkyEqpMg

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https://folkways.si.edu/chapinlandia-marimba-music-of-guatemala/latin/album/smithsonian

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPJPmHSxKFc&ab_channel=zyxpoprock