Nueva Canción is a form of Latin-American music that was developed in the 60’s through the 70’s as a political empowering tool, mostly in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba. This style of music is heavily influenced from religion and is composed of many different musical styles. These styles were purposefully constructed around social-justice, due to the people’s struggle for their own social-justice. Due to the many different styles of music, there are also many instruments that are used to completely develop the sound. The guitar is the main instrument used due to it’s heavy Latin-American background. There is also the zampoñas, which is a pan flute. The charango, which is a lute-like instrument where the shell is made of the shell of an armadillo. The music style draws on the forms of dance from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
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The songs produced tend to switch from Major to Minor chords throughout the song. The songs and poems written in this style are usually in the form of metaphors, and do not always only speak about social justice, but they make sure that you are socially aware. In the late 20th century some Nueva Canción artists changed their styles from Folk music, to very rock oriented music, and even with the style change, the subject matter of the music is still the
The songs produced tend to switch from Major to Minor chords throughout the song. The songs and poems written in this style are usually in the form of metaphors, and do not always only speak about social justice, but they make sure that you are socially aware. In the late 20th century some Nueva Canción artists changed their styles from Folk music, to very rock oriented music, and even with the style change, the subject matter of the music is still the