Folk Music of Venezuela

Another part of very renowned music in Venezuela is known as the Gaita Zuliana. This genre derived from the area of Zulia State and it is very famous during in the Christmas period. The gaita united the Aguinaldo follows the national representation of the Venezuelan Christmas. In the east, the malaguena, galeron and punto follows the velorios de cruz de mayo, (religious custom, that is celebrated during in the 3 may in honor to the Christian cross). In the Venezuelan Andes, the Venezuelan bambuco which is an indigenous difference of the bambuco, other types include the following such as popo and the Venezuelan waltz.

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Other types of the Venezuelan traditional music are the extremely recorded and researched due to the composition of Caracas-based Fundacion Bigott. African-originated drumming (which includes the multiple beats, such as the sangueo, tamborera and parranda) is probably the best recorded musical type. Fundacion Bigott has also produced orchestras such as Grupo Madera, Huracan de Fuego and Un Solo Pueblo. These include more experimental combination of musicians blend rumba, joropo, Latin jazz, Venezuelan folk songs and other types of Latin American music.

Venezuelan calypso music which also include the Calypso de El Callao, which was introduced from Trinidad in the 1880s by settlers coming during a gold rush, has own unique beats and word pattern.

Salsa is another imported genre from the Cuban-American, which has produced several local artists, like Oscar D’Leon. Dominica merengue and the Latin pop performances include the following such as Los Melodicos, The Porfi Jimenez Orchestras and Billo’s Caracas Boys.