Costa RicaFolk Music

Geography

• Guanacaste is the home of Carribean folk music

• Found in the Peninsula of Nicoya

• Northwestern part of Costa Rica bordering Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Regions

Peninsula of Nicoya

Instruments

• Marimba

• Quijongo

• Chirimia

• Ocarina

Instruments: Marimba

PercussionXlylophone-like

WoodenMallet

ResonatorPiano Arrangement

Africa

Instruments: Quijongo

Bow140cmStrings

Jicara or CalabazaStick or Pluck

Soundhole

Instruments: Chirimia

Oboe5-6 finger holes

ReedDiatonic Scale

HarmoniesAnnounce

Instruments: Ocarina

Flute-likeWind

4-2 finger holesLabiumCavity

Resonator

iOcarina?

Rhythms

• Sinkit

• African insprired

• commonly compared to calypso

• Andean pena

• entertainment rhythm

• Rhythms are “prominent and vigorous”

Punto Guanacasteco

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Palmira de Canas

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Songs and Dances

• Pampa

• Luna Liberiana

• Amor de Temporada

• Danza del Sol

• Danza de la Luna

Image Sources

• http://drivemeloco.com/dml-guide/images/stories/CentralAmericaMap.jpg

• http://www.1-costaricalink.com/costa_rica_images/costa_rica_provinces.gif

• http://www.thedoctorweighsin.com/storage/map_nicoya_peninsula.jpg

• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/GuatemalanMarimbaGourds.JPG/250px-GuatemalanMarimbaGourds.JPG

• http://www.grupotiquicia.org/images/quijongo.jpg

• http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tGOV4qBdoe4/Rpz1m5WC04I/AAAAAAAADGc/bXxVPOtr9mQ/s400/MCN+-+Quijongo.jpg

• http://www.chirimiasybajones.com/chirimia/chirs.jpg

• SC24725.fpx&obj=iip,1.0&wid=400&cvt=jpeg

• http://www.barakatgallery.com/Auction/ItemImgs/ACF15D8.jpg

• http://www.iphonehacks.com/images/08-Nov/Ocarinas.jpg

Bibliography

• http://www.costaricatraveller.com/about_costa_rica/music.htm

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Costa_Rica

• http://www.costarica.com/culture/costa-rican-music/

• http://www.whatcostarica.com/costa-rica-music.html

• http://www.whatcostarica.com/guanacaste-costa-rica.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quijongo

• http://www.uv.mx/popularte/flash/scriptphplen.php?sid=196&len=In

• http://www.adventure-life.com/articles/andean-music-dance-54

• http://www.jstor.org/stable/780075?seq=2

Video Sources

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taeVSxPN8rE&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXp4UKWWe-o&feature=related