Music from spain Very different culturalORIGINS streams come together in the first centuries of the christhian era.:
- The roman culture, which brought with it the music and ideas of ancient Greece.
-The Visigoths, a north Germanic tribe.
-Jews of the Diaspora
Depending the part of spain you are, you can listen and dance different styles.
This is because each Spanish region have their own distinctive music tradition ANDALUSIA
The best know styles of andalusia are "Flamenco", "Sevillanas" and also in music"copla" FLAMENCO Is a genre of spanish music, song and dance, that traditionally includes singing, guitar playing, dance and handclaps. flamenco is also asociated with the gypsy people of spain because most of the famous flamenco artist are of this ethnical. dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqxJMCQxb_Q music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf_bE5WMmd4 ANDALUSIA
SEVILLANAS Are a type of folk music and dance of its region, traditionally of sevilla. Sevillans were influence by Flamenco. dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9h6QVA8dqo music:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8V-pObuDro
ARAGON the most popular type of music in its region is the jota. jota includes the castanets, the guitar, the bandurria, the tambourines and rarely the flute. ARAGON
JOTA Is a genre of music and dance originated in aragon. the jota is danced and sung accompanied by castanets, and the interpreters tend to wear regional costumes. dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRjQqtE2-zI music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5hWhPYqmhE asturias, cantabria and galicia
In the north of spain is traditionally a distinctive musical tradition extending back into the Middle Ages which main instrument is the bagpipe ALALAS Traditionally galician music that includes a type of chanting song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfaxqwNHe7w
In Asturias you can find some famous groups like hevia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL_ugZgPVVI basque country
One of the most popular basque music is call trikiti or trikitixa, and is traditionally played with accordion (in fact, the name of this accordion) and tambourine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPh7Z0cL_8E some famous instruments of folk basque music are: txistu- tabor tipe alboka- a double “clarinet” txalaparta- a type of xilophone central spain
In most of Castile, there is a strong tradition of dance music of dulzaina and rondalla groups. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFxSqCO-36E
Salamanca is known as the home of tuna, a serenade played with guitars and tambourines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsECKpVhYY in madrid is usual to see schottische dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c25Cuv4Uz8E catalonia the best know dances of catalonia are the sardana, ball de bastons, galops and ball de gitanes, Catalan gipsies created their own style of rumba called rumba catalana which is a popular style similar to flamenco. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukhYNgXJ-nY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntu16iI9dQ0 extremadura
The most common music and dance is jota. there is played with triangles, castanets, guitars, tambourines, accordions and zambombas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54qTu85G7c8 navarre and la rioja
Jota is also known in Navarre and La Rioja. Both regions have rich dances and dulzaina traditions. in Navarra there is a traditional dance call "el baile de la era" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pXJEyTbsIY in la rioja is traditional to dance "la danza de la virgen blanca" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RY-8a4MOAo valencia
Traditional music from Valencia have a mediterranean origin. Valencia also has a kind of Jota. a typical dance of this region is "el uno y el dos" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bTu_4CTfIk NOTES
YOU CAN NOTICE DURING THIS WORK THAT THE JOTA IS TRADITIONAL IN MANY PARTS OF SPAIN, but not all the jotas are the same in each part you can listen a different type.
THIS SPANISH FOLK MUSIC AND DANCE IS NOT A GENRE THAT PEOPLE NOW A DAYS LISTEN VERY OFTEN, NOW THE MOST OF THE PEOPLE ONLY LISTEN THIS TYPE OF MUSIC IN REGIONAL FESTIVALS OR ANY SPECIAL EVENT. personal taste and bibliogrphy
In my opinion this type of music and dance is a very good style because is the tradionally genre of our region and I think we should listen to this more often.
I have searched most of the information in wikipedia but I also looked some pages like: http://www.navarra.com/identidad/cantos.htmº http://www.angelfire.com/co2/muzaraque/patria/Danzas.ht m