Folklorico or Argentine Folk Music
Folklorico or Argentine Folk Music Hello, everyone! Welcome back to Terri's Music Spot! Today we'll be covering the music of Argentina. Before we get started, I just want to give a quick geography and history lesson. For anyone who doesn't know, Argentina is located in the southeast of the South American continent and is the big country to the right of Chile and below Uruguay. Argentina like many other areas in the New World was colonized by Spain and though it receives its name from the country's large amount of silver resources, it was also used to grow sugar cane. Now, let's get started! If I asked someone to share their first thought when asked about Argentinian music, their first thought would most likely be the tango, and it isn't incorrect. However, there are many more types of traditional Argentine music and much much more to hear. Tango Nevertheless, we will also be covering the tango as it's important to this story. Tango is a syncretic dance an
