Play Bongos & Hand Percussion Now

El autor traza un recorrido por los nuevos géneros que terminaron desplazando a la llamada música clásica en el consumo ilustrado. Un paisaje que se dibuja a partir del desarrollo de lenguajes como los del tango, el jazz, el rock progresivo de fines de los sesenta y comienzos de la década siguiente, la bossa nova y la música popular brasileña, las estilizaciones de los folklores y la canción política. Así, Los Vétales, Miles Davis, Hill Evans, Astor Piazzolla, King Crimson, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carlos Gardel, Caetano Veloso, Duke Ellington, Violeta Parra, Chico Buarque, Keith...

This musical primer touches on the basics of pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords, and more, building the reader’s knowledge chapter by chapter. The book includes a visual index of musical symbols at the beginning that serves as a useful reference. Readers of all stripes—whether those learning how to play an instrument or those refreshing existing musical capabilities, whether singers in choirs or individuals who merely wish to be able to follow scores while listening—will gain practical knowledge as well as a deeper understanding of how music is composed. Esta guía musical aborda los...

Recognized as the most significant composer from New Spain in the early eighteenth century, Manuel de Sumaya (ca. 1678–1755) oversaw musical activity at Mexico City Cathedral during a time of stylistic change. Sumaya, who was locally born and ordained as a priest, wrote music that mixes the counterpoint and rhythmic vigor of seventeenth-century Hispanic music with more modern Italianate gestures prescient of international taste in the eighteenth century. This edition of all thirty-four villancicos with music by Sumaya conserved in the Estrada Collection at Mexico City Cathedral reveals the...

Piano students of Latin American heritage often do not relate to the folk tunes that most methods use because the majority of those melodies do not flow with the rhythm of the Spanish language. This method is based on melodies original to the Mexican culture. These children's songs flow more naturally with the language, and in accord with the Kodály method of music education, give a better foundation for teaching basic musical elements in a Spanish language culture. Coupled with constant work on sight-reading, this new method is a valuable tool for native Spanish speakers in learning to play ...