LLCU 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mariachi, Corrido, Zapateo

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• Course: LLCU 244
• Professor: Claudio Palomares Salas

Document Summary

**to get a good grade on test, use the articles to help you say more interesting things. Corrido a narrative ballad tells us of important/major events that happened/are happening in mexico. Very old genre that has evolved since colonial times. Mariachi/ranchera charro is a very important figure to this genre. Mariachi is an ensemble of musician (or charros) and they often wore the charro costume when performing music. Mariachi music is the music of the culture of charros there is a particular way of playing/performing mariachi. Both mariachi and ranchera are apart of mexican identity. Preferred setting of playing the mariachi/ranchero is at the cantina (bar) or at the ranch. Normally played by one musician with his guitar and are songs about love or the land. Part of charro culture, like mariachi: mariachi is ensemble, ranchera is a song a lot of ranchera songs are patriotic and about mexico. Uses guitar and voice lyrics are an important element.