Harp, cuatro venezolano, capachos or maracas, bandola, mandolin, bandolin, tiple, bandolón, guitar and guacharaca
Subgenres
Romantic Joropo, Creole Joropo, Alternative Joropo
Street musicians in Caracas play joropo on the Venezuelan arpaInterpretation of joropo in Caracas, Venezuela
The joropo, better known as Música Llanera, is a musical style resembling the fandango, and an accompanying dance. It originated in 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.
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showdown Colombian Caribbean folklore and Vallenato. As in the contrapunteo Joropo burrowing, or trova paisa within the music, litigants demonstrate their...
four-stringed guitar) and maracas. Important rhythms of this region are the joropo (a fast rhythm and there is also tapping as a result of its flamenco ancestry)...
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Colombia and Ecuador, samba, bossa nova and música sertaneja from Brazil, joropo from Venezuela and tango from Argentina and Uruguay. Also well known is...
singer-songwriter Collegium Musicum de Caracas, classical music group Vidal Colmenares, joropo singer Sylvia Constantinidis, Venezuelan-born American classical pianist...
from the 17th to the 19th century; such as the Cuban son, the Venezuelan joropo and the Chilean cueca. Lyrics include humorous verses and subjects such...
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