La guitarra en el vallenato. Contexto histórico y elementos ritmo-melódicos básicos para el acompañamiento del vallenato en la guitarra.

Abstract

This degree work, inscribed in the modality of monograph, has the purpose of instructing the reader about how to approach vallenato music repertoires executing a universal and very important harmonic instrument in this genre of Colombian music such as the acoustic guitar. Through the knowledge of the historical context of vallenato, the role played by the guitar within this genre and the musical analysis of some pieces performed with this instrument I elaborate a method of learning and approaching vallenato repertoires in guitar proposing some basic concepts of rhythmic execution and melodic of the four winds of vallenato: merengue, puya, son and paseo.