Possibly Spain is the country that has cultivated the dance from the most remote antiquity. People has invented the way for expressing through the music. Each place has its own and traditional music, own rythms or typical dancings, everything belongs to its folck. This painting is from Cogull, Lerida, North of Spain

Women dancing

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“Puellae gaditanae”

The Romans had our dancers from Cadiz who were called “Puellae gaditanae” by the most beautiful and elegant dancers in the world.

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In Málaga: The Verdiales

It is an ancient form, pre-flamenco. It's also one of the earliest forms of fandango.The verdiales were danced by the poor peasants whenthey collected their grape or olive oil harvest, as well in the weddings or in the Christenings.

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The origin of the name

The origin of Verdiales isuncertain, but like much ofAndalucían culture, it probablyhas roots in the Arabic MusicIntroduced by the Berbers in theeighth century. The “Verdiales” name can be two origings:• Verdial, a type of an olive oil• “Verdear” The action of collecting olive oil.

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Where do the verdiales come from?

The verdiales can come

from The Creta Island

(2800a.C) where its

men had the custom of

crowning themselves

with flowered hats

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MANY MUSSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Its accompaniment: violin,guitars,mandolins smallcymbals-crótalos, castanetstambourines, etc., hasevolved from its origins, yetretaining its primitive natureof toughness and authenticityimpressive.

castanets

crótalos

mandolin

tambourines

guitar

violin

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EL VITO from Códoba

Vito melody runs in three ofeight compass. The Vito issung with different lyrics,humorous or serious, amongwhich are well known thefollowing:It is a traditional dancing from (Córdoba)Andalusia, whosename refers to the diseas calledSaint Vitusdance: (Huntington'sdisease) by the animated andlively character of this dance.

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The Muñeiras in Galicia ( North west of Spain

Galician music might owe some of its roots to the ancient Celtic history of the region, in which it is presumed that some of this ancient influence has survived despite the long evolution of the local musical traditions since then, and despite the centuries of Roman and Germanic influences.

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THE JOTA (ARAGÓN).Northeast of Spain

The music of Aragon, like its culture, has through history absorbed Roman, Celtic, Moorish and French influences. Traditional instruments include bagipes, drumps,flutes, tambourines, rattles and, perhaps most distinctively, the guitar.

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El Robao: A fandango from Baza(Granada)

Being a visual representation, the jota is danced and sung accompanied by castanets and the interpreters tend to wear regional costumes. The jota tends to have a 3/4 rhythm

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We are partners of Comenius project “EuID”

COMENIUS PROJECT

The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments published in England in 1984 mentions 48 Lithuanian musical instruments. The major among them - kankles (the zither), ragai (horns), skuduciai (pan pipes) are all popular musical instruments today. Children have never forgotten whistles made of clay and wood bark.

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kankles

ragai

skuduciai

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The skuduciai is a pipe of 8-20 cm lenght, 1-3 cm in diameter, they are made of wood (ash, alder, buckthorn, osier), of willow or linden bark, or of the hollow stems of umbelliferous plants. Each pipe produces one stable note. The sound is of short duration.

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SKUDUTIS SKUDUTIS ((panpipe)panpipe)

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Panpipes were extremely popular in middle and

northern Aukstaitija. Both instrumental and vocal

sutartines (ancient polyphonic songs) and

accompaniment to dances were played on them. In the 1920s this instrument was

modified.

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In the middle of this century music played on this instrument was introduced into the repertoire of professional folk companies, later on - in folklore groups.

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