"Mexican Music"

YAIMA  VIAMONTES 

EAP1620 , 
Outline, Mexican Music 

         

I. Introduction:

If something is known to Mexicans in the world is for his love of music. Mexican has been characterized as a passionate music  through their feelings of love, sadness, anger, joy, harmony  and structure melodic  their compositions give the listener notes brighter, more vivid and colorful to the point of causing tears, laughter and admiration of all who hear Mexican music. To interpret the mariachi music has to be a link between the musician and the instrument.

II.  Origin of Mexican music.

        1.  with period instruments, which was an important  part  of rituals and  ceremonies  that paid to their gods  or  during  battles where fought.

a. always use the music for the different characteristics of life.

b. Indian society that  developed at higher levels of music  were the “Maya” who inhabited the south-eastern Mexico, where time could not erase the traces  authentic music being perfomed  today.

 2. On arrival of the Spanish Mexican  music is further enriched with the legacy of not only how you view the music, but with the arrival of the instruments, Guitar, Violin The  trumpet

Addition to the Spanish language where today off beautiful ballads Instruments :

a.     trumpet: instrument of encouragement, great in his voice to enliven parties or ceremonies, too soft and  sweet in his position to meet the love or sadness.

b.     violin: rub string instruments ,has the finest voice and sensitive accompanist of the vocals and that  gives magic to style  typical Mariachi.

c.     vihuela: Mexican typical instrument with five strings (like the guitar has only four frets divided among   themselves) that accompanies the various manifestations sentimental, bold  and  brilliant in his sound of Mariachi rhythms.

d.     bass guitar: Mexican typical instrument  of six strings(similar to the guitar and has no frets on the fingerboard) that  takes place in two octaves, begins on bass and guide and also adorns interventions Mariachi  music  and has a wide range of variations  in rhythms.

III.  Mariachi, Word comes from the Nahuatl (indigenous dialect originated in central Mexico) and means “Feast Day”. To interpret  the Mariachi music has to be a link between the musician and I am the instrument.

The Mariachi performs a wide range of rhythms.

1.     Mexican interpretations :

a.     The wagon has a time of 3 similar to the waltz and the lyrics of the songs. Interprets the facts in a rural community in Mexico

b.     Romantic  Bolero expresses the feelings of love. Admire the details that make the person feel happy with a rhythm of 2/4 time.

c.     within this is La Serenata:is played at night in the window of the woman ,where the Mariachi has five to six romantic melodic.

2.     The  Mariachi costume.

a.     is the “Charro Mexicano” of Jalisco,Guadalajara state.

b.     garments of silver leads at the ends of the pants, and hat chaquetin wide with ornaments  and clothes of colors being  the color black  charro costume gala.

IV.  Mexican musicians: To interpret the mariachi music has to be a link between the musician and the instrument.

 1.     bands and famous singers.

a. Pedro Infante

b. Vicente Fernandez

c.Alejandro Fernandez

d. Pedro Fernandez
e. Antonio Aguilar 

f. Miguel Aceves  Mejia

2.     Popular music (po and rock)

a.     Gloria Trevi

b.     Cristian Castro

c.     Anahi

d.     Dulce Maria 

e.     Ricky Martin 

f.      Luis Miguel

g.     Thalia

V.  The Mexican music of interpret the mariachi music has to be a link between the musician and the instrument.Mexican has been characterized as a passionate music  through their feelings of love, sadness, anger, joy, harmony  and structure melodic  their compositions give the listener notes brighter, more vivid and colorful to the point of causing tears, laughter and admiration of all who hear Mexican music.

Works  Cited

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SALMON, ROBERTO MARIO. "Musica Tejana: The Cultural Economy of Artistic Transformation." Journal of Southern History 67.2 (2001): 499. Academic OneFile. Web. 1 Mar. 2012.