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Friday, February 23, 2018

Huichol Music Huichol Popular Music Groups!

- Música mestiza in the Wixárika communities ! • at least since 1930’s! - HUichol music groups since 1970’s! • violin, vihuela, tololoche! • Mestizo dress first, later as Wix.! - Recording professionally (cassettes, CDs, digital)! • began in 1990s! • “modern groups” made it to Grammys in 2008! - Los Teopa! • one of the first “famous” Huichol groups (1980s-90s)! - they learned partly from recordings ! - El Venado Azul (José López)! • first group to record and find national fame! • Norteño influence ! “Modern” Huichol Groups !

- Wixárika musicians say “modern” to mean . . .! • More harmonic variation (i.e. more chord changes)! • Other song forms (not just strophic corridos, etc.)! - especially romanticas, narcocorridos, and cumbias! • Expanded instrumentation ! • Often younger, more professional, and urban-oriented ! - Huichol Musical (Nuevo Amanecer Huichol) !

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Repertory of Huichol Groups!

- Corridos! - Rancheras! - Románticas! - Cumbias! • fast dance music! - not sones for the most prat! • a couple of exceptions but coming from popular mass media ! - Other cosmopolitan influences! • Example : “Jambalaya” ! Traditional Mariachi?!

- Huichol groups often called “traditional mariachi” by Mexican scholars! - Huichol groups commonly hired to perform in “Encuentros”(festivals) of “traditional mariachi”!

- Ex: Nubes de la Sierra ! • considered a “modern” Huichol group by Wixárika musicians ! - repertory mostly same as Huichol Musical ! Writing Assignment #2!

- Mariachi:! • all styles of mariachi are about son ! • Early! - (strings)! - violin, harp, vihuela, guitarrón, tololoche! - they would wear manta clothing ! • Modern!

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- trumpet! - they would wear big sombreros, charro outfit ! • Traditional ! - “roots”! - they would wear manta ! - Norteño:! • accordion, tololoche, bajo sexto! • they are about corridos ! • musica regional ! - Huichol:! • violin, vihuela, guitar, tololoche, sometimes guitarrón ! • they wear highly embroidered manta and also wear sandals ! • this is NOT about son, they are about corridos and cumbias!...