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| Joropo | |
|---|---|
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| Stylistic origins | Arabic melismatic music, cante jondo, Spanish folklore |
| Cultural origins | 18th century, Llanos |
| Typical instruments | Harp, cuatro venezolano, capachos or maracas, bandola, mandolin, bandolin, tiple, bandolón, guitar and guacharaca |
| Subgenres | |
| Romantic Joropo, Creole Joropo, Alternative Joropo | |
The joropo, better known as Música Llanera, is a musical style resembling the fandango, and an accompanying dance. It originated in the Llanos of Colombia and Venezuela and it has African, European and Native South American influences. There are different joropo variants: tuyero, oriental, and llanero.[1][2] It is a fundamental genre of Colombian and Venezuelan música criolla (creole music). It is also the most popular "folk rhythm": the well-known song "Alma Llanera" is a joropo, considered the unofficial national anthem of Venezuela.
In 1882 it became Venezuela's national dance and music. Formerly, the Spanish word joropo meant "a party", but now it has come to mean a type of music and dance that identifies Venezuelans. In the 18th century, the llaneros started using the word joropo instead of fandango, which was used at the time for party and dance.
- ^ Shepherd, John and Horn, David. Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 9: Genres: Caribbean and Latin, pp. 400–402 (Bloomsbury Publishing 2014).
- ^ Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera (1990). y su música: Canciones y fiestas llaneras. ISBN 9789800102541.