Analyzing Mariachi - The Ranchera (original) (raw)
Analyzing Mariachi Traditional and Popular Song Forms
The Ranchera
- The popular ranchera are songs from the heart, singing about love for someone, lost love, patriotic love (both national and local), nature and environment, etc.
- The traditional ranchera can be 3/4, 2/4 or 4/4. Contemporary rancheras include compositions with a mixture of a single ranchera rhythm and a son jaliscience or huapango rhythms. (These can be referred to as “canciones”.)
- The ranchera is a simple song form with instrumental introduction, verse and/or refrain, return to the instrumental interlude, verse and/or refrain and tag ending. Majority in major keys.
- Each ranchera meter has a specific tradtional tag phrase ending and tag song form ending.
1. The 3/4 ranchera: The “Remate” (tag phrase ending)
2. The 3/4 tag ending:
3. The 3/4 ranchera tag ending (minor key):
4. The 2/4 ranchera: The “Remate #1”
5. The 2/4 ranchera: The “Remate #2”
- Many times, Remate #2 is immediately followed by Remate #1.
6. The 2/4 ranchera tag ending:
7. The 4/4 ranchera: one of many Remates
8. The 4/4 ranchera ending #1:
9. The 4/4 ranchera ending #2:
