

In music theory, the first melodic line in the instruments or in the voice.Ī musical style in 2/4, 3/4, or 4/4. The mediant tone of the key used by the guitarrón to change from the primera (I) to the segunda (V7) in most rancheras. There is almost always a trumpet solo section, and the pasodoble is in duple meter. Fanfare music that is usually loud and traditionally played at the bullfights. The oberturas have long been a part of the traditional repertory in mariachi music.Ī musical form. The different strum patterns on the vihuela or guitar.ġ) the major key 2) a major or whole step.ġ) the minor key 2) a minor or half step.ġ) music 2) written music 3) the intermédio music. Fast 3/4 or 6/8 meter using apagones or tapones. A traditional dance form that is like a potpourri of instrumental sections of different regional sones, each section usually is in a different meter than the preceding section.Ī borrowed form from Venezuela which has become very popular in the mariachi repertory. The instrumental music played between cantos, usually the same or a variation of the entrada.

A rhythmic pattern of the son.Ī son Huasteco. The beginning instrumental section of a song. The difference is essentially in the armonía, which accents the 1, 4, and 7 of the eight strokes of the mánico in the danzón. Similar to a fast bolero as the ostinato bass pitches and the meter are the same. In Mexican music, a majority of corridos are in 3/4 time, but there are many in 4/4.ġ) the melodic parts (1a, 2a, 3a) 2) the strings of an instrument. This is a distinct characteristic sound in the sones, but also in most traditional forms in Mexican music.Ī musical form similar to a ballad, where there is no refrain in the lyrics. For example, a negra con puntillo is a dotted quarter note. Includes all the sung verses of the song. In written music, as in recording sessions, refers to the “top” of the music. There are two types of boleros: 1) a bolero ranchero, which is faster in tempo than the second, and is most likely to be in a minor key and, a bolero romantico, which is usually in a major key. The ostinato pattern in the bajos of this form falls usually on the 1st, 3rd and 4th beats. General term used to describe “the rhythm section”.ġ) in the singular, generally means the guitarrón or a bass instrument 2) in the plural, refers to the bass notes.Ī musical form in 4/4, usually in a major key or ending in a major key.
