Author Question: Explain why CD 3:5 Me gusta la leche is considered an Indo-Hispano-Afro-Ecuadorian hybrid What ... (Read 52 times)

B · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Explain why CD 3:5 Me gusta la leche is considered an Indo-Hispano-Afro-Ecuadorian hybrid

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Question 2

WOMS states that CD 3:5 (Me gusta la leche) is a sanjun, but is not a Quichua sanjun--as heard in CD 3:3 (Muyu muyari warmigu). Discuss the similarities and differences between the Quichua and Chota sanjuanes. Why is this musical genre shared between the two cultures?

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bfulkerson77 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Me gusta la leche represents an African-Ecuadorian interpretation--with phrasing twists, rhythmic variation and nuance, and the requinto's dulzura sweetness--of an Indigenous genre (sanjun) of the neighboring Quichua within a Spanish-speaking nation.

Answer to Question 2

Similarities: same basic genre (sanjun); same doublecouplet construction, and comparable tempo, and phrases of 8 beats. The short-long-short rhythmic marker is found in both examples (marked with a in the chart below).
Differences: in the Chota sanjun of CD 3:5 the rhythm of second four beats of the main phrase is similar to--but not exactly the same as--the rhythm of the first four beats. In the case of the Quichua sanjun, the rhythm of the second four beats (beats 5-8) is exactly the same as the rhythm of the first four beats (beats 1-4)--known as isorhythm. (See also comparison chart below.)