Mariachi Polka ???
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Mariachi Polka ???
Mariachi Polka is not at all totally crazy. Here in southern California we are much closer to Mexico than you, and in fact a lot of us are actual Mexicans! And half of the radio and TV stations are Mexicans. Come here and listen, and you will hear a lot of polka on those stations, but it is traditional European polka, not the trumpet/violin mariachi style.
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I kinda doubt that. Like Sarah Palin, I can see Mexico from my front door! Oh wait, wrong country ...richard1941 wrote:Here in southern California we are much closer to Mexico than you
In fact, a lot of me is actual Mexican!richard1941 wrote:and in fact a lot of us are actual Mexicans!
And, amazingly, half of all Mexicans are radio and TV stations!richard1941 wrote:And half of the radio and TV stations are Mexicans.
Yes, listening to Mexican radio is definitely the main reason to visit Southern California.richard1941 wrote:Come here and listen
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Not exactly. Polka is not a significant part of Mariachi. You do hear some Mariachi here, but norteño styles are much more common and popular. And the two broad norteño styles are: Tex-Mex aka Ranchero, and Banda Music. Ranchero is accordion-based and influenced by the German populations in central and south Texas. Banda Sinaloense is brasswind-based and an outgrowth of French-style military bands during the era of Maximillian. Extended listening to either style will make your brain melt and ooze out of your ears.richard1941 wrote:and you will hear a lot of polka on those stations, but it is traditional European polka, not the trumpet/violin mariachi style.
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I remember that I used to listen to the local Mexican radio station on my commute to class during my undergrad. It was excellent listening practice for my Spanish.MTGuru wrote:Extended listening to either style will make your brain melt and ooze out of your ears.
I found that, as my comprehension of what they were singing about increased, the effect MTGuru is referring to increased in equal measure.
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I actually like banda music - in measured doses. It's both fascinating and completely bizarre. Take a bunch of military surplus brasswinds and drums. Learn to play everything at the extreme-distortion top of your lungs, to be heard in a large outdoor plaza. Then adapt ranchero-style songs and corridos to sound like cross between Mexican folk, J.P. Sousa and Lawrence Welk on acid. Voilà - banda!
Yes, it sounds very old-fashioned and rustic, until you realize they're sometimes singing about Facebook and mobile phones, and sex and drugs and violence ...stanton135 wrote:I found that, as my comprehension of what they were singing about increased, the effect MTGuru is referring to increased in equal measure.
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I'm sure you're right. But, remember, the musical genre hybrid referenced is "Mariachi-Polka Waltz-Punk." Get much of that your way?richard1941 wrote:Mariachi Polka is not at all totally crazy. Here in southern California we are much closer to Mexico than you, and in fact a lot of us are actual Mexicans! And half of the radio and TV stations are Mexicans. Come here and listen, and you will hear a lot of polka on those stations, but it is traditional European polka, not the trumpet/violin mariachi style.
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My understanding is there is a quite a German influence on Mexican music and much of it does indeed have a polka sound. Google "música norteña".
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My understanding is there is a quite a German influence on Mexican music and much of it does indeed have a polka sound. Google "música norteña".
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German and Czech via Texas:leearn2turn wrote:[Thread revival. - Mod]
My understanding is there is a quite a German influence on Mexican music and much of it does indeed have a polka sound. Google "música norteña".
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https://www.npr.org/2015/03/11/39214107 ... d-to-polka
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Totally agree with you, would you please share with me bands which play this style ?MTGuru wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:22 am I actually like banda music - in measured doses. It's both fascinating and completely bizarre. Take a bunch of military surplus brasswinds and drums. Learn to play everything at the extreme-distortion top of your lungs, to be heard in a large outdoor plaza. Then adapt ranchero-style songs and corridos to sound like cross between Mexican folk, J.P. Sousa and Lawrence Welk on acid. Voilà - banda!
Yes, it sounds very old-fashioned and rustic, until you realize they're sometimes singing about Facebook and mobile phones, and sex and drugs and violence ...stanton135 wrote:I found that, as my comprehension of what they were singing about increased, the effect MTGuru is referring to increased in equal measure.
Thank you
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