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	VALLENATO, description of this colombian music style (english & german)
		Originally, Vallenato was played using only accordion, guacharaca (something like the güiro but made of the boughs of the corozo palm, also called corojo), caja vallenata (a drum, a little bigger than a bongo using an x-ray sheet instead of the leather pad) and vocals.
		Today Vallenato bands are as big as Salsa orchestras, and include additionally congas, timbales, electric guitar, electric bass, a metal güira instead of the guacharaca, and a bg.
		Im traditionellem Vallenato wird der Gesang nur von Caja (Trommel, etwa doppel so groß wie ein Bongó, deren Fell aus einer Röntgen Aufnahmeplatte besteht), Guacharaca (Instrument aus einem Ast der Corozo-Palme (auch Corojo genannt) mit Schlitzen, vom prinzip her wie Güiro) und Knopf-Akkordeon begleitet.
	www.musicasalsa.de /vallenato.htm (638 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vallenato
		Vallenato means, literally, "born in the valley", this valley is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in northeast Colombia.
		The traditional merengue vallenato, has a beat of 6/8, a derived rhythm, since the original beats were 4/4, 3/3 and 2/2from this point of view the merengue vallenato is the most complex air and at the same time the most original of the four traditions.
		The new school of Vallenato began by recovering the classics from Valle of Upar, the region where Vallenato is spawned, and mixing it with the language of Rock.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vallenato (732 words)

	Reviving Vallenato
		Vallenato's origins lie in Valledupar, a city in Northern Colombia that is the capital of the César Department.
		Vallenato is composed of some four basic rhythms: paseo, which can be slow or fast, depending on the kind of song.
		Originally, Vallenato was played as a parranda, a party or celebration, with the accordion, the caja, or a goat skin drum, and the guacharaca, a bamboo scraper, as the most basic instruments of the Vallenato ensemble.
	www.lafi.org /magazine/interviews/vallenato.html (1000 words)

	vallenato: Afropop Style -- Colombia, South America
		The term vallenato is sometimes thought to mean a person from from Valledupar, capital of the northern state of Cesar.
		Vallenato music features the button accordion, bass, caja (a small hand drum), and guiro (scraper), a singer, and sometimes a cowbell.
		Vallenato musicians are known for their musical duels where accordionists compete with musical and verbal barbs, trying to outdo each other.
	www.afropop.org /explore/style_info/ID/32/Vallenato (255 words)

	World Music Central - vallenato
		Vallenato is the name of those born in the Valle (Valley) of Valledupar.
		The traditional merengue vallenato, has a beat of 6/8, a derived rhythm, since the original beats were 4/4, 3/3 and 2/2from this point of view the merengue vallenato is the most complex air and at the same time the most original of the four traditions.
		The son vallenato has a structure with a beat of 2/4it is a form of song with mulatto ancestry, although it is not free of indigenous influence.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /staticpages/index.php/vallenato.htm (841 words)

	Vallenato (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vallenato and the accordion were both looked down on by the aristocracy during Colonial times.
		"Vallenato" was a word used to describe (and denigrate) people who suffered from the skin disease ?carate?, caused by an insect bite which left a mark behind.
		The new school of Vallenato began by recovering the classics from Valle of Upar, the region where Vallenato is spawned, and mixing it with the language of Rock.
	home.worldonline.dk /salsa/vallenatoe.html (487 words)

	Vallenato
		The "romancero" vallenato is a man for whom the woman and his native town with all its customs are the most important things in life.
		The "serenata vallenata" (the vallenato serenade) is a custom that has lasted for many years and although it is no longer as common as it was in the past, it is still practiced among the people of small towns or provinces.
		Typically, vallenato music is played with un acordeón vallenato (usually, though not necessarily, a German accordion), una caja vallenata (a larger version of the bongo), and una guacharaca (a guiro type of instrument made of a special bamboo cane).
	www.grupofantasia.com /vallenato.htm (1235 words)

	Book about Vallenato \| Colombia Guide (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The traditional vallenato band uses a three-row-button model accordion, a small highly-pitched single-headed drum called caja vallenato and a hollow, ridged tube called guacharaca that is scraped with a stick.
		A big vallenato festival is the annual Festival de La Leyenda Vallenato held in April in Valledupar, with groups performing in competition to win the "El Rey Vallenato" title.
		Vallenatos have the ability to capture emotions, bringing a deeper meaning for the people who listen and compose it.
	www.poorbuthappy.com /colombia/node/20159 (2609 words)

	Long Island Traditions \| Artist Profiles : Eugenio Ortega
		He would bring home records of vallenato music and listen to them again and again, singing with them and dancing to the sounds of the accordion, caja drum and guacharaca scraper.
		Vallenato has retained its function as a way for musicians to tell stories; topics include local happenings and the singers' current or past loves.
		Both Eugenio and vallenato music are natives of the northern coastal region of Colombia.
	www.longislandtraditions.org /artistprofiles/ethnic/ortega.html (1111 words)

	The ARChive of Contemporary Music
		In general vallenato is slower than cumbia, (except puya, which is usually faster) with an all pervasive sweetness to the melody lines.
		While Vallenato was played at informal gatherings, for serenading, dancing and at parrandas (house parties), the style bloomed at "piquerias," improvised competitions where accordionists would play in a round robin of one-upsmanship, trading musical and verbal barbs.
		Through all the changes vallenato has retained it's focus on the lyrics and the accordion, even if now the duties are split between two artists, and regardless of the number of players in an ensemble.
	www.arcmusic.org /features/frame2.html (2839 words)

	Adventures In Sound: Vallenato: A Columbian Style (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The gravitational center of Vallenato groups is the accordion, an instrument that came into Valledupar along with German immigrants.
		Gloria Stefan, has some traces of Vallenato in that album in Spanish she made, and she is a good example of this trend.
		The strange thing of Vallenato is that it is fl popular music created in the coast that has become very big in the interior of Colombia, where there are not many fl people and where the music of choice used to be Rancheras from Mexico.
	wlt4.home.mindspring.com /adventures/articles/vallenato.htm (572 words)

	Jorge Celedon y Jimmy Zambrano: los reyes del vallenato \| terra
		Cynthia De Saint Miami, 2 nov (EFE)- Los colombianos Jorge Celedón y Jimmy Zambrano acaban de sacar al mercado "Son para el mundo", y tienen la distinción de ser los primeros de su género en ser nominados a un Grammy Latino por "Exitos de Jorge Celedón y Jimmy Zambrano en vivo".
		El artista señaló que el vallenato es un género en el que sus instrumentos combinan la influencia musical de tres razas: la guarachaca, que en República Dominicana se conoce como la güira, es un instrumento indígena; la caja viene de los africanos, y el acordeón viene de los europeos.
		El artista, que conoce el género como pocos, explica que el origen del vallenato es "una persona con un acordeón, montada en un burro, viajando de lugar en lugar, dando las noticias de lo que ocurría en otros pueblos".
	www.terra.com /noticias/articulo/html/act635298.htm (730 words)

	Vallesounds - An Overview of Vallenato, History, Description
		According to vallenato historian Tomás D. Gutiérrez Hinojosa (1992: Cultura vallenata: origen, teoría y pruebas), the European accordion migrated to Valle de Upar not to create music but to be physically and culturally transformed by the vallenato musician so that it can be used to interpret the different vallenato styles.
		Traditionally, whenever one speaks of vallenato the name Rafael Escalona jumps to mind because he is considered as the pioneer songwriter of the true vallenato music that first reached the recording media in the 1950's and 1960's.
		Typically, vallenato music is played with un acordeón vallenato (usually, though not necessarily, a German accordion), una caja vallenata (a larger version of a bongo), and una guacharaca (a guiro type of instrument made of special bamboo cane)[see photo above].
	www.vallesounds.com /valle/vallenateng.html (1030 words)

	Colombian Vallenato music videos and origins
		Meaning "born in the valley," vallenato holds court alongside
		Standard instruments include the accordion, the guacharaca, a ribbed stick which makes a rhythmic scraping sound when a fork like instrument is scraped across it, and the caja, a small but loud drum held between the legs.
		Vallenato music consists of four rhythms- merengue, son, paseo, and puya.
	www.howlingearth.com /musical-genres/vallenato-music.shtml (155 words)

	Salsa, Vallenato, and Cumbia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vallenato: actually refers more to an orchestration than a specific rhythm.
		A traditional vallenato group consists of an accordion, a scraper called a guacharaca, and a hand drum called a caja vallenata.
		Vallenato groups traditionally play four rhythms called son, paseo, merengue(6/8), and puya.
	www.eijkhout.net /rad/dance_specific/salsa4.html (468 words)

	Catalogo Music Up Records
		La música del Valle de Upar, tierra donde nació el Vallenato en Colombia, se ha convertido con el paso de los años, en una de las fuentes inagotables de talento y de mayor reconocimiento a un pueblo - El Colombiano - que ve como su país poco a poco se desangra.
		Valle de Upar - land of the “vallenato” - has become a never ending fountain of talent and the veritable trademark of the Colombian people.
		Vallenato is known for its simple yet penetrating lyrics and infectious and spirited rhythm.
	www.musicuprecords.com /cd.asp?id=MU0034 (252 words)

	Kennedy Center: Millennium Stage Artist Details for The Children of Vallenato
		The vallenato is a musical genre from Colombia that represents stories and feelings of a country and is the result of the mestizaje.
		The basic musical instruments to play vallenato have an origin in the mix of the three ethnic groups that are the base of Colombian population: European, African and Indian.
		The Children of Vallenato have played in several concerts in Colombia, as well as in Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and the United States.
	www.kennedy-center.org /programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=VALLENATOC (181 words)

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		The woman that the "romancero" is in love with is the focal point of almost all his songs and many times these are composed to be sung at midnight in front of the bedroom window of the beloved woman's house.
		Just as the woman is the center of the great majority of vallenato songs, his love for his hometown is one of the many factors that awaken the songwriting talent that lies dormant inside many "cesarences" and "guajiros" (people from de states of Cesar and Guajira respectively).
		It is for this reason that there are multiple compositions in which the author glorifies its native town or its natural beauties; "Rio Badillo" (the Badillo River) of Octavio Daza, is a clear example of tradition.
	www.velocity.net /~yanqui1/vallenato.htm (893 words)

	YouTube - vallenato
		solo en colombia se hace el vallenato puro, y solo en colombia se hace la cumbia pura.
		Ya he visto algunos "intentos de vallenato" y realmente me preocupa mucho esa "mala copia" del vallenato colombiano.
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	www.youtube.com /watch?v=ycrmCSZ3v28 (567 words)

	YouTube - VALLENATO
		Rekordamos alos GRan juglares del vallenato....puro vallenato kompa kresido kon el vallentato en monterrey n.l.
		kompas puro ballenato chido el bideo sige subiendo bideos kompa....viva el vallenato pura indepe kolombia.......
		LOS INQUIETOS DEL VALLENATO - CUANDO TE VAYAS
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=QNU2NDEM1aU (322 words)

	El Latin GRAMMY tiene nueva categoría : Mejor álbum de cumbia y vallenato
		Colombia está celebrando el fruto de la constancia de Félix Carrillo, un compositor de vallenatos que en el pasado obtuvo un galardón como rey vallenato en la canción inédita.
		hay una categoría de vallenato en el Latin GRAMMY”, le manifestó emocionado.
		Desde ese entonces las oficinas de la academia Laras, se llenaron de mochilas arhuacas y más de 300 CD’s de vallenatos para dar una ilustración de la cultura del Valle de Upar.
	www.univision.com /content/content.jhtml?cid=832800 (426 words)

	Downloads - Download Music - Download MP3s
		A master of vallenato sabanero, an accordion-driven style of music that originated in Mexico, Meza forged a sound that has been described as "a cross between rural Dominican merengue, Louisiana zydeco, and Tex-Mex norteño." Meza...
		A master of vallenato sabanero, an accordion-driven style of music that originated in Mexico, Meza forged a sound that has been described as "a cross between rural Dominican merengue, Louisiana zydeco, and Tex-Mex norteño." Meza initially attracted attention as a founding member of Los Corraleros de Majagual.
		One of Colombia's most popular bands in the 1960s, the group served as the breeding ground for such influential artists as Fruko, the "Godfather of Salsa." Leaving Los Corraleros De Majagual to focus on a solo career, Meza has continued to influence the music of Colombia and Latin America.
	www.mp3.com /genre/742/subgenre.html (865 words)

	MRP Music Group's Latin 101
		(Colombia) Vallenato is the accordion music from the Atlantic coast of Colombia.
		Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, a vallenato scholar in his own right, once called his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude a "350-page vallenato".
		The genre reached a new, younger audience in the '90s with the success of soap opera star-turned-singer Carlos Vives, who updated the music with rock and pop elements.
	www.mrpmusicgroup.com /latin101.htm (2046 words)

	Accordion Links: Latin America
		Máximo Jimenez and Los Chicos del Vallenato is a London (UK) based Vallenato band, with Máximo Jimenez on accordion.
		Eddy Orion, is a Vallenato accordionist from the Netherlands.
		Los Vallenatos de la Cumbia from Monterrey, Mexico, with Sergio Sias on vocals and accordion, is very popular in Mexico and Texas.
	www.accordionlinks.com /latin.cfm (3751 words)

	Hispanic Heritage Celebration 2005 - The Newark Public Library
		Vallenato music, as it is known today, is said to have been influenced by a combination of African, European, and Colombian rhythm and folkloric sounds.
		This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs.
		Típicamente, la música vallenata se toca con un acordeón vallenato (que por lo general, aunque no siempre, es un acordeón alemán), una caja vallenata (que es un bongó de mayor tamaño), y una guacharaca (que es un instrumento parecido a un güiro hecho de una caña de bambú especial).
	www.npl.org /Pages/ProgramsExhibits/hh05/page4.html (613 words)

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