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	Venezuelan Music and Instruments
		Native American music is concentrated in the latter, toward the interior of the country, while African manifestations are heard mostly along the central coast to the north.
		The music at the velorios stops periodically to permit the recitation of décimas, a traditional ten-line Spanish verse form kept alive by oral traditionalists recognized for their cultural role and unique abilities in keeping alive this specialized folkloric art.
		Music from the plains is prevalent, but even more so are the gaitas –a fast-paced rhythm originally from the Zulia region—, which are accompanied by furrucos (friction drums) and tamboras.
	www.lafi.org /magazine/articles/ven-music.html (1893 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Music of Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The joropo is a form from the plains of Venezuela, and is a couple's dance where the man (dressed in khaki pants, white shirt and straw hat) stomps a very strong 3 beat with his feet while holding his hands in the back and dancing around the woman.
		Native American music is concentrated in the latter, toward the interior of the country, while African manifestations are heard mostly along the central coast to the north.
		Music from the plains is prevalent, but even more so are the gaitas –a fast-paced rhythm originally from the Zulia region—, which are accompanied by furrucos (friction drums) and tamboras.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Venezuela (2213 words)

	Ambassadors of a vibrant sound - The Boston Globe
		It's certainly true that the music of Venezuela is one of the great cultural treasures of the Americas, a fabulously rich tradition in which the intermingling of indigenous, European, and West African influences has yielded an array of musical forms.
		She moved to the Bay Area to continue her music studies in 1982, eventually graduating from the now defunct Music and Arts Institute of San Francisco, where she majored in classical mandolin.
		Rago's evangelical approach to her country's music made her a regular presence at the Venezuelan embassy, where the culture-minded ambassador has converted a wing of the building into an intimate concert hall.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2006/07/09/ambassadors_of_a_vibrant_sound (769 words)

	Musical Forms of Venezuela
		Venezuela is a country that, besides having a strong Spanish influence, is truly a melting pot of cultures very much like the United States.
		The cuatro is the primary instrument in the accompaniment of Venezuelan music because of its rich rhythmic ability, as well as it's varied harmonic and melodic contribution.
		The main influence for the joropo comes from the flamenco music from Andalucia, Spain, and, even though it sounds different from flamenco, the rhapsodic way in which the cuatro plays, as well as the stomping of the feet, definitely shows this influence.
	sunflute.com /pages/forms.htm (622 words)

	Music of Venezuela
		The typical or representative musical styles are mainly from the llanos area and its surroundings, such as Alma Llanera (by Pedro Elias Gutierrez and Rafael Bolivar), Florentino y el Diablo (by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba), Concierto en la llanura by Juan Vicente Torrealba and Caballo Viejo (by Simón Díaz).
		Pop music and rock are very popular too, and several bands have had their rise and fall in the music scene.
		Among the more popular instruments in today’s folk and popular music are the guitar and the mandolin, with their relatives, the cuatro and the bandola; the harp and violin; and, along the Colombian border, the tiple.
	carnaval.com /venezuela/music (1314 words)

	Music of Venezuela - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Venezuelan music has been largely overshadowed on the international scene by its neighbors, especially Brazil, Trinidad and Colombia.
		It is known for its own salsa, merengue and other imported styles, as well as the distinct llanera music.
		Originally a rural form of the llanos, or plains, llanera spread to musically creative artists like Juan-Vicente Torrealba, who helped popularize the music across the country, leading to a slick modern form of pop-llanera that has earned scorn from purists and much of the younger Venezuelan listeners, who perceive it as stale and watered-down.
	www.music.us /education/M/Music-of-Venezuela.htm (548 words)

	Venezuela: National Geographic World Music (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Music in Venezuela has evolved much in the same way as its neighboring countries with geographical and ethnic similarities and differences.
		Some of Venezuela's native populations include the Piaroa of the Amazon region, who emphasize the important role of the shaman in their community, each with his own musical repertoire.
		The richness and variety of music in Venezuela continue to evolve today as young and old musicians take pride in preserving traditional forms while adopting more modern styles, from rock and jazz to hip-hop and beyond.
	worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com /worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/venezuela_40?fs=www3.nationalgeographic.com&fs=plasma.nationalgeographic.com (977 words)

	For Venezuela's Poor, Music Opens Doors (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A year into the youth's sentence at a state home, a music teacher came to offer the delinquent, abused, and abandoned children there free instruments, instruction, and an opening to a new life.
		In this country of 25 million people where the average income is $3,490 a year, the youth music program's budget is $29 million annually, most of it from government funding, said Abreu, who campaigns tirelessly for additional private donations and cooperation programs with foreign orchestras.
		From the start, Abreu's vision was of music as a way to ''rescue children, as a weapon against poverty," and he chartered the program in the Ministry of Health and Social Development.
	www.venezuelanalysis.com /articles.php?artno=1484 (1556 words)

	World Music Network feature: The Music of Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Venezuela is a country with literally hundreds of unique styles of music.
		In Venezuela, the traditional celebrations and festivals are centered around two dates: June 24 and December 24, corresponding to the summer and winter solstices.
		Venezuela is a country that seems to have one incredible festival after another virtually every week, and the fulia is part of many of these celebrations.
	www.worldmusic.net /home/features/venezuela.html (4245 words)

	Joropo Music of Venezuela and Colombia
		Joropo is a very fast paced and sometimes complex musical style utilizing guitars, cuatros, bandolas and maracas for percussion.
		It is found mainly in Venezuela and Colombia folklore known as "música criolla" (creole music).
		Venezuela and Colombia where it is referred to as Llanera music.
	www.howlingearth.com /musical-genres/joropo-music.shtml (118 words)

	Newsvine - Land of hope and glory - Bolivarian Music
		The Jose Marti Bolivarian School, in the barrio of Sarria in Caracas, is ringing with music.
		When he dispassionately explains the violent realities of the barrio that lies beyond the firmly locked school gates, Elster seems to be describing a different world from that of these cheerful, focused children.
		Up and down Venezuela, a quarter of a million kids are doing exactly what I am seeing here - spending six afternoons a week, from 2pm to 6pm, intensively studying classical music.
	djd.newsvine.com /_news/2006/11/28/460527-land-of-hope-and-glory-bolivarian-music (1042 words)

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		Instead, Depeche Mode vocalist Dave Gahan conjures his personal demons and lays his heart bare, and what he produces is a collection of stunning, evocative, and introspective musical memoirs.
		Before there was trip-hop or even names for dance music's infinite genres, Underworld was doing it.
	music.download.com /2001-1_32-0.html (877 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 - World - Guide to World Music: Venezuela
		Venezuela is a land of dramatic musical contrasts.
		There are fiery Afro-Venezuelan styles on the Caribbean coast, cowboys with harps on the Orinoco plains, red-hot salsa in the cities and austere balladry in the Andes.
		Musical travels have taken him to many parts of Latin America and Africa, and Venezuela remains a firm favourite.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/world/guidevenezuela.shtml (106 words)

	South America Destination Guide » Music of Venezuela
		Originally a rural form of the llanos, or plains, llanera spread to musically creative artists like Juan-Vicente Torrealba, who helped popularize the music across the country, leading to a slick modern form of pop-llanera that has earned scorn from purists and much of the younger Venezuelan listeners, who perceive it as stale and watered-down.
		Another very popular music in venezuela is the gaita, this gender originated from the region of el Zulia is very popular during the christmas season, and has grown to be a national representation of the Venezuelan Christmas.
		Subdivisions of Venezuela Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales...
	south-america.travel-chronicle.com /south-america-travel/299/music-of-venezuela (546 words)

	Venezuela: UNESCO Culture Sector
		The Estudio de Fonología Musical of Instituto Nacional de Cultura y Bellas Artes (INCIBA) organized during 1966-1967 by José Vicente Asuar (born in Chile; see his references on that section) is considered the starting point of electroacoustic music in Venezuela.
		Born in 1949, composer and conductor, studied music at Escuela Juan Manuel Olivares in Caracas and later at Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf, Germany.
		Born in Caracas, 1968; studied electronic music, piano and musicology in Venezuela; then he focused on audio digital signal processing (spectral and physical models) at CCRMA, Stanford University, in the United States; and later he moved to Japan to work at DeOS-Electronic Music Studio at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
	portal.unesco.org /culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15281&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=205.html (863 words)

	About the music
		Abel sings in a high falsetto for the Mexican huapangos and sones jarochos and the Venezuelan llanera music (music of the plains).
		The music is richly polyrhythmic due to the African influence.
		Music is one of the most powerful vehicles known to us for expressing our condition.
	www.correoaereo.com /html/body_music.html (455 words)

	Salsa music from Son Venezuela is expanding latin salsa music, latin dancing, salsa music history, salsa dancing as ...
		Salsa music from Son Venezuela is expanding latin salsa music, latin dancing, salsa music history, salsa dancing as well as salsa lessons into the american pop culture.
		Son Venezuela, the Kansas City ambassadors of Latin music, has brought salsa, merengue, cumbia, calypso and tamborera to Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma for the last 12 years.
		Son Venezuela's mix of salsa, mambo, merengue, calypso, tamboreras and cumbia fuses it's music into a sensational dance party.
	www.sonvenezuela.com (116 words)

	Radio Paradise - eclectic online rock radio
		In Piano Music of Venezuela, Monique Duphil (who made her first piano debut in Paris at fifteen) captures the style and feelings behind the six composers represented in these works.
		Overall there is an old-style quality (delicateness and grace as well as a glimpse of village life) to the music.
		Most of the composers were born in the mid to late 1800s.
	www.radioparadise.com /content.php?name=Amazon&asin=B00000HZXW (125 words)

	Venezuela facts, Venezuela travel videos, flags, photos - National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Venezuela, in northern South America, was named for Italy's Venice by 15th-century European explorers who found native houses on stilts above Lake Maracaibo.
		Almost half of Venezuela's land is south of the Orinoco, but this region contains only 5 percent of the population.
		Venezuela is one of the oldest democracies in South America (elections since 1958).
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_venezuela.html (418 words)

	DMX MUSIC - About Us - Press Release - March 11 2002
		DMX MUSIC, Inc., which was formed by the merger of DMX MUSIC and AEI Music Network, Inc. in May 2001, is a majority-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE: L, LMC.B).
		Operating in more than 50 countries, DMX MUSIC is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Seattle and throughout the United States and internationally in Australia, Belgium, Canada, The Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Poland, Japan and the United Kingdom.
		DMX MUSIC is a global leader in digital music programming, with one of the world's largest digital music and video libraries, creating more than 400 unparalleled styles of non-stop music delivered via digital cable, satellite, DVD and the Internet.
	www.dmxmusic.com /coinfo/press/2002/05_16b_02.html (489 words)

	Letters From Friends
		Their music was the first in a long, long time to compel me to go out to a gig after hearing songs on the radio.
		The music is complex, passionate, and so technically accomplished that it could cause a mediocre musician to cut off a hand or two.
		Their repertoire from the traditional music of Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina is one far, far outside the stereotype of Latin music.
	www.correoaereo.com /html/body_letters_from_friends.html (541 words)

	Music of venezuela:
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	worldmusicshare.com /of_venezuela.html (399 words)

	Nat Geo Music TV: National Geographic World Music (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We focus on stories that make music a vehicle for a better understanding and appreciation of today's global community, including interviews with artists and signature Geo Sessions—30-minute programmes that feature intimate acoustic concerts with such globally conscious artists as Ben Harper, Bebel Gilberto, K'naan, Michael Franti and Gogol Bordello.
		Nat Geo Music also celebrates diversity through music, connecting viewers with their world by integrating music videos with short clips that examine and celebrate the cultures behind the music.
		Sintonizzati su Nat Geo Music Television e ascolta il mondo.
	worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com /worldmusic/view/page.basic/about (274 words)

	Catalysts & Connections - Evan Tobias » Blog Archive » Venezuela & Music Education
		For many poor children in Venezuela music education is a transformative experience and plays a positive role in their lives.
		It is interesting that while many poor youth in Venezuela perform in youth orchestras, many young people in the US that live in poor communities do not have access to any school music opportunities.
		Students in Venezuela are given their instruments for free if they demonstrate dedication and the willingness to practice.
	etobiasblog.musiced.net /2006/04/27/venezuela-music-education (309 words)

	Venezuela – Music at Last.fm (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Venezuela isn’t yet available to play on Last.fm radio.
		Music Journals on Last.fm You can be the first person to write a journal about Venezuela.
		Venezuela might not be making music anymore, but if they are, you can help keep other users informed by adding new events when they're announced.
	www.last.fm /music/Venezuela (208 words)

	Venezuela Tambor y Canto
		Venezuela Tambor y Canto performs the music of coastal Venezuela, which reflects a mixed African and European heritage in such genres as parranda, fulía, tambor, and gaita.
		Venezuela Tambor y Canto draws on Venezuelan music aficionados in Miami from various walks of life; all have day jobs apart from music.
		In addition to appearing on television, Venezuela Tambor y Canto has performed in nightclubs, at public benefits, at Miami’s Calle Ocho and other festivals, and at parties for birthdays, weddings, and first communions.
	www.historical-museum.org /folklife/sa_music/english/venezuela_tambor_y_canto.htm (215 words)

	Afro Venezuela news
		Venezuela's political struggle mustn't be turned racial 3/28/04 Vheadlines: "Afro-Venezuelan Network leader, Jesus Garcia has criticized Venezuelan print and broadcast media for showing tints of racism, citing one TV channel poking fun at Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe...
		Venezuela and Argentina: A Tale of Two Coups 7/7/03 Greg Palast: "Chávez is dark and round as a cola nut.
		The African Components of the Folk Music of Venezuela 7/1/99 Latin American Folk Institue: "Jesús "Chucho" García is an ethnologist president of the Afroamérica Foundation in Caracas, Venezuela, and editor of the journal Africamérica, dedicated to the study and research of the contributions of the African peoples to the culture of the Americas."
	www.afrocubaweb.com /news/venezuela/afrovenezuela.htm (6062 words)

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