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Latin American Rhythms on Classical Piano

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Latin American Rhythms on Classical Piano.
The essence of Latin American music resides, in the first half of the 20th century, in its
variety, in being imbued with the influence of a large number of cultures. Therefore,
this music style is characterized by being composed of a fusion of different rhythms
originated in the aborigines and African people. This fusion was present in Latin
America by those who practiced it by listening to it in rituals, or by dancing to the
sound of this music.
What makes Latin American music different is the rhythm being the African rhythm
one of the most important characteristics, since it possesses a distinctive rhythm, the
use of percussion instruments, called today Latin Percussion, the syncopation,
technique in which the weak beat is stressed instead of the strong one, question and
answer; coming and going of music fragments, in order to reply to each other.
The National composers of academic music live first hand this rich style and
incorporate its rhythms as part of their social and cultural environment, hence
reflecting with great strength, the rich musical heritage of the rural areas or so called
folklore. Together with all these melodic elements and rhythms of folklore, and
enriched by the German Romanticism and the French Impressionism, the composers
give birth to new music forms with different names in Latin America, such as: Tango,
Milonga, Danza, Merengue, Jongo, Conga. Each of them, with a particular rhythm and
own characteristics.
The compositions by Lorenzo Fernández, Lamarque Pons, Astor Piazzolla, and Héctor
Villalobos, have an absolutely original style with popular roots, conjugating the
European tradition and folk music of their countries, masterfully. These beautiful
pieces awake different moods, feelings, emotions. The rhythm is the main organizer of
this music.
Having stated all this, we can assert that Latin American music is multicultural in its
purest sense. It is diversity in itself filled with stories from many parts of the world.
Latin American music is life, color, show and, most of all, rhythm.
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