Joropo llanero Music of Venezuela

Several pattern of the folk music of Venezuela include the following such as the merengue and salsa, are popular to its Caribbean neighbor. Probably the most usually Venezuelan music is known as joropo, a rural type which derived in the llanos, or plains, this musical llanera was established by a prolific musicians such as Juan Vicent Torrelba, Angel Custodio Loyola, and Ignacio Figueredo, who assisted to promote the music all over the country. Since then slick, current type of pop llanera has established which has made the scorn of some purists who observe it as stale and watered-down. Some singers such as Reynaldo Armas and Simon Diaz have gained a big supports over the years. In the same vein, there is also neo-legend, which takes the folk music and arranges it in electronic pattern.

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