Music Analysis: Sones De Mexico

Sones De Mexico was established in Chicago about twenty years ago. There are six members in the band. Everyone dressed in red outfit except the female member, a foot-tapping dancer, who wore black attire. All the songs that were performed came from the regional styles of Mexican folk song that was known as Mexican Son. The instruments used in these songs came from the string and percussion instruments. In fact, the Mexican Son is a combination of Spanish, African, and indigenous music. The three main regional style of Mexican Son came from Son Jarocho, Son Huasteca, and Son Jalisciense.
The first instrumental was from Son Huasteco, and it has a peaceful melody with a medium tempo. In fact, the song maintains the same tempo throughout the song …show more content…
The instruments that were used in the song including accordion, bass, string guitar, and hard drum. Furthermore, the song has a medium tempo and gets faster. The fifth song is a mariachi song, which began in the west coast of Mexico. Mariachi came from Son Jalisciense. The instruments used in this song are the trumpet, violin, guitar, and guitarron. However, there was also no harp. The music slowed down, got faster, and slowed down again. There was a string section, and the trumpet got added later on. In fact, I am very familiar with mariachi music because I already went to the UIC Orchestra and Mariachi Fuego last month. The sixth song is from Son Planeca. The music is fast, loud, and energetic. The drum can play on the …show more content…
This song used the Peru instrument that is called a donkey jaw. In addition, the female member was tap dancing with a cloth, which is a dance style that was influenced by animals. The fast tempo of the song creates a lively and happy atmosphere. The eighth song is very diverse with spiritual characteristics. The song was sung in Mayan language instead of Spanish. Actually, the song is a little sad and peaceful and has a medium tempo. The final song is from Son Jorocho Sotavento, and it was a mixture of Afro-Cuban music. In fact, Son Jorocho came from Veracruz. This song also had a ten line stanza with a fast tempo. At first, the music was slow then it got faster. My favorite part of this song is when the female was tap dancing because I thought the dance was really cool, and she managed to keep up with music while she dancing