Spain

=__Spanish Music__=

Spanish Instruments:
Guitar - The guitar is a plucked string instryment, made with wood and played with fingers or a pick. Traditionally used for entertainment at weddings and is spanish culture it is played more by fingers rather than a pick.

Accordion - A portable wind instrument with a small keyboard and free metal reeds that sound when air is forced past. Traditionally used for serenading and ceremonial dancing. Mostly played in Spanish folk songs.



Castanet - A pair of concave shells, traditionally made from hardwood, joined on one edge by string. Used to compliment other instruments. Traditionally used at ceremonial dances.



Flabiol - A wood wind instrument with five or six holes on its front face and three underneath, it can be played with one hand. Traditionally used at dance ceremonies. The player often has a tombori attached to them which is played with their free hand.



Characteristics:
Spanish music usually brings up the idea of 'Flamenco' music, a style of music that is played especially played on guitar and is accompanied by singing and dancing. Flamenco is known for the notes that are played quickly on the guitar. Another style of Spanish music is 'Granaina'. It is played by a single guitar with no singing or accompaniment. This style is very unique as it is performed with no rhythmical framework. 'Flamenco' and 'Granaina' are distinguished by sections where there is short bursts of notes seperated by rests, a chord let to ring, or a sustained note. Spanish music's use of percussion is the same throughout the whole song. It stops and starts at times but apart from that it is the same. Spanish music can also be noted by the use of finger picking on a guitar. The accordion is used to play the vocal part when the vocals stop to creat an instrumental. It is also used to play chords to play rhythme. Spanish music displays extreme emotions such as dispair, love and joy.

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