1. Mexico Part 3

2. Bellwork: Define Terms  plaza garibaldi: where mariachi musicians assemble daily to get work.  charros: cowboy singers and actors  musica ranchera: country music  Bolero: suave, sentimental romantic song

3. Announcements  Mexico test May 22 nd

4. Outcomes  Scholars Will:  Grammar: Learn basic facts about Mexico  Logic: Learn guitar basics in the guitar clinic

5. Plaza Garibaldi, Mexico City

6. Charro

7. Charro singer/actor Jorge Negrete

8. Miss Riley plays along with the Mariachi!

9. Live performance  Cielito Lindo  Mexico Lindo  Jarabe Tapatio  With Katie Krauter, Guitar

10. Honors Presentation  Carli: Spanish basics

11. Cacaxtla 700-900 AD

12. The Plaza of the three pyramids

13. The Cacaxtla Paintings were the first to represent the human form in all of Mesoamerica

14. Tomen Nota  The drums Teponaztle and Huehuetl are considered sacred instruments. In mythology these drums are actually spiritual beings sentenced to presence on earth by the Aztecs’ supreme deity the sun god. They were considered to be semi-dieties.  Mexican classical music composers include: Manuel Ponce, Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chavez.  Large numbers of Africans were brought to New Spain as laborers through the port of Veracruz.  They brought west and central African music with them. The fabric of Spanish, Indian and African musical threads was woven together beginning in the early 1500’s.

15. Times when live music is expected:  Baptism  Quinceanera  Wedding  Birthday  Funeral,  Soccer games,  Siempre en domingo.  Catholic masses

16. Active Listening #4 Mexico Lindo  Name all the instruments you hear.  What meter is this in?  Which instrument has the melody?  Which instrument has the countermelody?

17. Just the facts #4 Mexico Lindo  Urban people appreciated musica ranchera because they still identified with their rural roots and culture.  This is a perfect example of a strophic (estrofas) song: a song with a simple, repeated melody, sung with different text each time. The verses are separated by an intermedio or instrumental interlude. 

18. CFU: Learn the lyrics to Mexico Lindo: Verse  Voz de la guitarra mia  Al despertar la manana  Quiere cantar su alegna  A mi tierra Mexicana  Verse 2  Yo le canto a sus volcanes  A sus praderas y flores  Que son como talismans  Del amor de mis amores

19. Mexico Lindo Lyrics: Chorus  Que digan que estoy dormido  Y que me traigon aqui  Mexico Lindo y querido  Si muero lejos de ti.

20. Translation  The voice of my guitar wants to sing its joy to my Mexican homeland when the morning wakes up  I sing to its volcanoes, its meadows and its flowers which are like talismans of the love amongst my loves  My beautiful and beloved Mexico should I die far from you let them say I'm asleep and bring me back to you!

21. Sing It!

22. Jarocha: The music of Veracruz  The music of rural people who live on the edges of Veracruz.  Centered around the “son”—a genre of music representing the fusion of Indigenous, Spanish and African music.  Instruments include the jarana, requinto jarocho, harp and violin.  A traditional son might be played for an hour or more due to new texts and improvisations.

23. La Bamba-for real

24. Characteristics of Son  Improvisation  a distinct underlying rhythmic/harmonic framework, a short repeated section that doesn’t vary the entire song.  Son reflects the three part harmonies of popular music.

25. Guitar Clinic

26.  Learn the basics:  Parts of the instruments  Hold the guitar with the neck facing your left side.  Make sure it’s tight against your body and hip.  Start with the string closest to you (the fattest, lowest string).  This string is E.  When you pluck the string keep it over the sound hole.

27. String Names  Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie  Strum one string at a time while saying this acronym.  Always start with the fattest string (the one close to you, not the one close to the floor).  Now try just saying the letter names as you strum:  E A D G B E.

28. Your finger numbers on the left hand. Wiggle one at a time.

29. How to hold the pick  Curve the first finger of your right hand.  Place the pick with the pointy end facing left flat on the first joint of your first finger.  Place your thumb flat on top.  Practice strumming the top four strings--D, G, B and E.  Use only the very tip of your pick.

30. The two types of strums  Up which is marked with a V and down which is marked with a symbol.  A down strum goes towards the ground.  Try four down strums on the bottom four strings:  Try four up strums on the same four strings:  V V V V

31. Learning the G chord  Place your 3 rd finger on the 3 rd fret of the thinnest string E.  When you put your finger down place it close to the fret above to get a clear tone.  Make sure your finger is firm, tight against the string.  Strum four G chords on the bottom four strings.  G G G G

32. Learning the C chord  Place your 1 st finger on the 1 st fret of the B string (the string next to the thinnest string).  Strum the bottom three strings.  C C C C

33. Alternating between C and G  CCCC  GGGG  CCCC  GGGG

34. Up and down strumming patterns  V V

35. Exit Ticket  Where do mariachi musicians assemble daily to get work?  Name two characteristics of son:  A.  B.  What are the names of the guitar strings?  Why do urban people identify with musica ranchera?