Guitarra Essays

  • Historia del Flamenco - Spanish Essay

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    Historia del Flamenco - Spanish Essay La música flamenca empezó con una voz y unas palmas, y más tarde se incorporó la guitarra. Es sólo en este siglo cuando se introdujo el zapateo. Hoy en día, las tres principales herramientas del flamenco son el cante, la guitarra y el baile. Casi todos los estilos o palos flamencos pueden interpretarse con o sin baile, habiendo bailes sin cante y temas puramente vocales, "a cappela". Hoy, el flamenco tiene muchas caras y es ejecutado de múltiples

  • The Evolution of the Modern Guitar

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    ages during the 12th century. These instruments were the guitarra moresca (Moorish guitar) and the guitarra Latina (Latin guitar). The guitarra moresca was a four course instrument, with a peg box that slanted back from the neck in a shallow curve. It also featured a wide fingerboard and several sound holes. The body was an oval shape, like the outline of an egg. The soundboard was believed to be made of skin like the modern banjo. The guitarra Latina also consisted four single strings and had a single

  • The History of the Guitar

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    although it did appear in Juan Gil of Zamora’s publication of “Ars Musica.” The next step leading to the modern guitar was the Guitarra Moresca. The Guitarra Moresca was a four stringed instrument with tied frets, similar to the lute, that orginated from Spain in the Thirteenth Century. The Guitarra Moresca led to the advancement of the soundboard. In its early stages, the Guitarra Moresca was an accepted instrument but was not considered for large perfomances. It was not considere... ... middle of paper

  • The Evolution of Guitars

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    instruments started looking more and more like the guitar. The first instrument that started to look like the guitar was around in the 1200s-1300s. It was found in Mediterranean Europe. Sources refer to this as this as the guitarra latina. Two of the earliest forms after the guitarra latina are the lute and the vihuela. The lute is a small instrument that is shaped somewhat like a pair. It had twelve strings and a very short neck. The vihuela is shaped more like a guitar. It is larger and also has twelve

  • Case Study The Global Mindset

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    Summary The case involved a company, Fletcher Guitars who was working with a Spanish company Guitarra Dominguez to create Latin guitars which had a become popular product. The US company had sent Adam, a manager, to Spain to raise production to meet the growing demand. When the manager arrive he was exposed to the Spanish culture which would be seen as inefficient following American philosophy. The workers took each guitar with care and precision treating in like a child. The Adam looked and their

  • Mariachi Music Essay

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    The common six-string guitar was introduced later, and in some ensembles is found together with its requinto, a smaller version tuned a fourth higher. The requinto takes the melodic part and is normally played by plucking or picking, while the guitarra sexta takes the harmonic role and is played by strumming the trumpet. Early experiments were also made with trombone and accordion in the 1920s. In the 1940s, mariachis used a piston, that had also been used by mariachis in San Gabriel, Jalisco.

  • Flamenco Dancing is a Passionate Gypsy Dance from Spain

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    amongst the higher class. When the baileors and baileoras dance they tell a story though their steps. It can tell stories of love and romance or the sorrow and grief, fury and anguish, and of hope. Flamenco dance is made up of 3 parts: guitar playing (guitarra), song (cante)... ... middle of paper ... ...s Sub-Sahara African music that intermixed with slaves in Spain. The cante Gitano has combined with the original dances of Andalusia. Performers who have searched for the origins have found are pervasive

  • Merengue Essay

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    The Merengue As the national dance of the Dominican Republic and one of the most popular dances in Latin America, the merengue is an important asset to the culture, which combines both European and African cultures. It quickly became one of the most popular dances in the Dominican Republic because of the simple and easy steps and movements. Not only a type of dance, the merengue was also the official music of the Dominican Republic. Danced in pairs, participants move to the rhythm of music played

  • El Muciano: The Powerful Use Of Playing Technique

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    Technique Francisco Rodriguez from Granda or better known as El Muciano (1795-1848) was a famous performer in the early days of cafés cantantes. The playing technique during the time period was vastly limited and the rasgueado and the thumb method was used to play the melody. "The frequent characterization of this method as 'primitive' obviously overlooks the extremely skillful use of the thumbs, which many a professional today might well learn." Most artist viewed Flamenco guitar playing as an accompaniment

  • Jennifer Lopez Essay

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    Jennifer Lopez also known as J-Lo, La Lopez, and La Guitarra “is part of a generation of multi-talented Hispanic American actors who broke racial barriers in Hollywood,” as stated on Biography in Context. Lopez born and raised in the Bronx, New York where she was around lots of talented people who she would soon learn to be like them. Before she became famous she won a national competition and earned a spot where she would be able to dance on the TV show In Living Color. (Biography.com) Her career

  • Poema Del Cante Jondo: Popular or Elitist?

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    Surrounded by a society in which poetry was the fashion, Lorca wrote this set of poems at an early age. `Poetry was a social, friendly accomplishment, natural to the society in which Garcia Lorca was born'. He was very attached to his hometown and drawn to his own culture. The poems he wrote in 1922 from the popular Andalusia music were an inspiration to many other poets. Lorca wrote Poema del cante jondo in the attempt to approximate language through his poems, and music through methods to make

  • Guitar Importance

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    History of Guitar and Its Significance to Music December 1, 2017. The History of Guitar and Its Significance to Music The Guitar, a plucked stringed musical instrument originated in Spain early in the 16th century. It was derived from the guitarra latina, a late-medieval instrument with a waisted body and four strings. The guitar was first seen in the 1800-1900 B.C. The early guitar was identical to the vihuela played in Spain in place of the lute. The guitar is a major building block in music