Argentina


 * Argentina: **



To Argentinians, traditional music is a fundamental part for their everyday lives. They value music as something that unites communities and the whole country as one. Like the music of most countries, the genres of Argentinian music vary in different regions of the country. The first type music that we would think of after we hear Argentina is, obviously, Tango. Tango is the most famous music and dance style in Argentina. Tango was developed amongst the peasants and lower classes, but later on, it went through a cleaning up process to make the dances less “intimate”. Now, Tango is the most used dance in most of the Europeans dance halls. Folk music of the indigenous populations of the Andes is still popular in Argentina. It is totally identifiable by the smooth and soft sound of the wind, percussion and string instruments. The place where you can hear the most folk music in Argentina now is probably in the North Western region of the country, because this is where most of the indigenous people live. While visiting the city of Cordoba, you may come across the rhythms of Cuarteto drifting pass. Cuarteto is a genre of music that comes from the same region. Cuarteto features pianos and violins that are influenced by Spanish and Italian folk music. Cuarteto is carefully preserved until today as it is still popular. Traditional Argentinian music has a lot of vocals in it. They also used these horn type things that were called erkes and they also used something called a berrante. These are all just some of the instruments that were used a long time ago. They also had percussion back then for example the batá drums and also something that is very famous now; the rain sticks. These are just a few of the instruments that were used a long time ago. In one of the songs it sounds like someone is playing the guitar but it is the charango.

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Written by: Van & Laurids