ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Requinto Jarocho, Son Jarocho, Son Jalisciense
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Tlen huicani y lino chavez, la bamba (traditional son jarocho arrangement) Escaped slaves could go to escaped slave towns. Regional style of son mexicano from veracruz (other regional styles include son jaliscience- better known as mariachi- and son juasteco) Features common with other styles of son mexicano include. Sesquialtera (combination of and 6/8 metrical pulses) Song form based around coplas (four- line verses, a form adapted from spanish poetry) Accompanying dance performed by couples with percussive steps (zapateados) on a raised wooden platform. Instrumentation: requinto jarocho (small 4 or 5-string), jarana (small 12-string lute), arpa veracruzana (harp), and sometimes violin; requinto or jarana often play ostinatos rather than chords. One of the first sones jarochos to appear in the colonial record. Song and dance apparently introduced by black and mulato immigrants from cuba in. Featured lascivious dance and lyrics mocking catholic authorities: a friar from la.
