Traditional costa rican music

Contents

• General Info
• Images
• Use of instruments
• Factual
• Conceptual
• Debatable

General Information

• Population: 4,814,144 (July 2015 est).
• It was discovered in the 16th century and the people settled in 1953.
• Population: 4,814,144 (July 2015 est).

More Information!

• There is an active volcano called arenal that is 1.6 meters high.
• It erupted in in 1968 killing a few people.

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Types of traditional Music

• Guanacaste
• Central Valley
• Carribean

Guanacaste

• Influenced by Cuba, Columbia, Panamania and Spain
• Uses Marimba
• A type of large wooden xylophone
• Guanacaste's music is inseparably interwoven with the region's dances.

Central Valley

• No known composers
• Influences
• Spanish-influenced melodies are known as "serenatas campesinas," or peasant serenades.
• Batambas are a common type of central valley folk.
• Uses Guitars and Marimba

Carribean

• 4 types
• Comparsas
• Sinkit
• Son
• Afrotica

Factual

Debateable

Conceptual

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