popular mexicann musical traditions = intro -mentions how partys such as quinces or weddings is not complete with out

live m usic. = origins of today's mexican regional music - the formative years -hernan cortes landed near veracruz in 1519 -noticed musical life and how highly touted highly train musicians where -aztecs had parties for the gods and played music they had practiced diligently through out the week -"huehuetl and teponaztle were considered sacred intstruments whose predecessors were spiritual beings sentenced to presence on earth by aztec supreme diety." c onsider semi deities. - music was an essential ingridient in social/religious life in mexicos native a merican peoples before the arrival of the spainards - many indians died because of european disease (reduced long term impact on cul ture) - african slaves were brought (impacted music by adding there own customs to the cultural music in mexico) - "mexican independence movement exploded in 1810 and musical forms called sones and jarabes became associated with new mexican indentity" - addressing the question of where mexican music came from (1. it was a mix of s panish,indian,and african cultures 2. rise of new cultural mix facilitated emerg ence of new styles of music that reflcted the new feelings of regional cultures) =popular mexican regional folk -lots of music to describe so many regions and styles -spanish colonization was most widespread from veracruz to pacific ocean coverin g guadalajara and mexico city, reflect mestizo folk -yucatan peninsula was isolated from the rest of mexico til later when roads wer e built so its culture is isolated from the interior of mexico , reflects carrib ean and northern southern american music - africans most likely recreated marimba from memory ( different from ones in na tive african but a lot of similarities) -- the nort m -string instruments played an iportant role in the musical life of this region - many mexican especially middle class looked at european style of music - waltz was introduced to mexico and they critized it as sinful because people w ere so close -polka popular in europe also had a major and enduring effect on musica nortena -impact was reinforce by the arrival of german and other central european countr ies -because of polka another european innovation the button accordian was adopted a nd replaced the violin as the main melody making instrument in northern music = the twentieth century and the blurring of regionalism -before regions were rural agricultural and disconnected from the rest -education programs taught improtance of regional culture - road building programs reached communities that had been isolated for centurie s = musica de mariachi and musica jarocha -mariachi was fond throught out centered states jalisco coliman nayarit michoaca n and guerrero - word mariachi originally thought to come from french word of marriage , dispro ved by 1852 letter. in the eary 1900s became widespread known with musicians - mariachi instrumentation varied until 1940 but consisted exlusively of stringe d instruments all with root in spanish hertigae

- were not highly specialized preofessionals but individuals who had an interest in music, did get paid for performance but were full time - media played a major role in making mariachi a part of national musical life. first mexican sound film santa in 1931 had mariachi music - as the mariachi became more professionalized the demand for better sounding an d accurately tuned instruments grew - along with better instruments traje de charro was introduced. =margarito gutierrez its like a one on one interview, he talks about mariachis and has like a day in the life sort of thing =musica jarocha de veracruz - it is from the coastal plain state of veracruz - jarocha has not achieved the same popularity of mariachi - shares the a lot with mariachi, emerged under similar circumstance in the colo nial period and then faced same changes - changes included centralized media the commidified regional traditions, urbani zation, and growth of middle class - port city of veracruz is often characterized as the gateway to spain, also gat eway to african and carribean people - obviously all those people left their cultural mark on the region - also used spanish heritage string instruments, turn of 20th century used strum med guitar called jarana -jarana comes in many sizes mosquito smallest and jarana tercera largest -also play the requinto jarocho -musica jarocha in the 1st half of 20th century not as well documented as mariac hi -not as prominent in recordings or movies - harpist andres huesca did achieve fame and he had long lasting impression on m usica harocha - other inspired by huesca migrated to mexico city to find professional oppurtii tes -lino chavez was one of them, conjunto medellin(his group) was distrubuted widel y across the counry - conjunto medellin set new norms for musica jarocha, there instumentation harp, jarana, requinto jarocho, and guitar became standard setup - changed the length as well before could last up to an hour and he was oing 3 m inute recordings =son jarocho -based on same building block as son jalisciencse. -difference are the emphasis on improvisiation and the concept of compas the und erlying rythmic/harmonic framework. -during son jarocho live performance the performers are expected to improvise ve rses that suit the occasion -most often people qualities or characteristics become the main point of verses -dance is a huge part of son jaracho. the zapateado is improvised rythmic footwo rk jaracho dance -dance is also plays a musical role. dance is done on tarima which is a raised p latform that creates a percussive sound that complements the music =jarana jarocha -jarana derives from the same spanish word meaning merrymaking -end with conlusion(look at conclsuion in paper) -