corrido
Mexican narrative song
A corrido is a Mexican narrative ballad, typically telling stories of heroes, outlaws, battles, or tragedies.
The form emerged in the 19th century and remains vital in Mexican and Mexican-American culture.
Modern corridos often chronicle drug traffickers and border life: The band played corridos about famous narcos.
The genre is characterized by simple melodies and storytelling lyrics.
Mexican folk song genre
Narrative poem or song
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
- epicImpressively grand in scope
legend · storytelling · oral-history · account · verse · stanza · refrain · lyric
Mexican guerrilla leader
- Emiliano ZapataAgrarian reform martyr
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
struggle · liberation · battle · hero · martyr · peasant · land reform · injustice
ranchera
Mexican folk song genre
ballad
Narrative poem or song
epic · legend · storytelling · oral-history · account · verse · stanza · refrain · lyric · canto
Pancho Villa
Mexican guerrilla leader
- Emiliano ZapataAgrarian reform martyr
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
resistance · struggle · liberation · battle · hero · martyr · peasant · land reform · injustice · defiance
folklore
Inherited cultural narratives
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- ancestryFamily line of descent
custom · fiesta · cantina · cultura · mestizo · ranchero · charro · vaquero · borderlands · Chicano
accordion
Bellows-driven reed instrument
strings · rhythm · melody · tempo · verse-chorus · duet · trio · live performance · vocalist · instrumentation
- music genresblues, pop, jazz, rock, classical
- Latin Americanatango, samba, cumbia, mariachi, bossa nova
- Latin Culturemariachi, salsa dancing, tango, flamenco, cumbia
- Mexican HeritageAztec, Maya, Nahuatl, mariachi, tequila
- vocal songslieder, folk ballads, love songs, ballads, chansons
- folk singingsea shanties, work songs, sea shanty, work song, call and response