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Guajira is a form of Cuban música campesina (countryside music). As sung, it has some similarity to the criolla[1] and the punto.[2] It contains bucolic countryside lyrics, rhyming, similar to décima poetry. The music is a mixture of 3/4 and 6/8 rhythms. According to Sánchez de Fuentes, its first section is in a minor key, its second section in a major key.[3] Secondly, it is now used mostly to describe slow dance music in 4/4 time, a fusion of the son and the guajira.
The guajira often sung by a single musician accompanying himself on guitar (Orovio 1981:227); see trova. The lyrics of the guajira typically extol the beauty of the Cuban countryside and the lifestyle of the guajiros (countryside peasants). (Alén 1994:64). The combination of the guajira with the rhythm of the son produced an offshoot called the guajira-son.
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Popularity
Guajira was refined and popularized by the Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist Guillermo Portabales, whose elegant style has become known as guajira de salón. From the 1930s until his untimely death in a traffic accident in Puerto Rico in 1970, Portabales recorded and performed salon guajira throughout North and South America to tremendous popular acclaim.
Spanish version
A Spanish variant of the Guajira has evolved into a form of flamenco cante (song-type).[4][5] [1][2].
See also
References
- ^ Orovio, Helio 2004. Cuban music from A to Z. p101
- ^ Linares, María Teresa 1999. El punto cubano. La Habana
- ^ Sánchez de Fuentes, Eduardo 1923. El folklore en la música cubana. La Habana. p56
- ^ Manuel, Peter 2004. The guajira between Cuba and Spain: a study in continuity and change. Latin American Music Review, 22.09.04.
- ^ Maria Teresa Linares and Victoria Eli, with Faustino Nunez and Maria de los Angeles Alfonso Rodriguez. 1998, 1999. La musica entre Cuba y Espana
- Alén, Olavo 1994. De lo afro a la salsa. [From Afrocuban music to salsa] La Habana, Ediciones ARTEX.
- Manuel, Peter 2004. The guajira between Cuba and Spain: a study in continuity and change. Latin American Music Review. 25/2, p137-62.
- Orovio, Helio 1981. Diccionario de la música cubana. La Habana, Editorial Letras Cubanas. ISBN 959-10-0048-0
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