Adaptations of Traditional Vallenato Songs in Paseo Style for Classical Guitar Performance

Resumen

Nowadays there is a shortage of vallenato musical repertoire to be performed by classical guitar. This generates a situation that fosters disinterest and uprooting regarding Vallenato cultural heritage. Indeed, the objective of this project is to develop adaptations of traditional vallenato songs on the air walk for interpretation on the solo classical guitar. This proposal is made with two purposes: one of them is to strengthen interest in the interpretation of traditional vallenato on the classical guitar, reinforcing aspects such as identity and roots in the genres of the region; The other is to provide material for teaching in various faculties or musical schools in Valledupar. This research is carried out from an applied quantitative methodology. Taking as a sample 4 specific songs on the air walk, the arrangements for the classical guitar are developed, and with these a material for pedagogical purposes is designed and published. When choosing the songs that make up the sample, the fact that they belong to traditional vallenato is taken into account. The chosen pieces are: Matilde Lina, La Gota Fría, Compae’ Chipuco and La Casa en el Aire. Once the repertoire to be used has been defined, the main melody of the pieces is transcribed in a digital music writing program (Sibelius). Subsequently, musical arrangements are made taking into account the following criteria: harmony, melody, rhythm and instruments of the genre. The result is material with adaptations of traditional Vallenato songs for interpretation on the solo classical guitar. It is concluded that these arrangements strengthen the interest, research projection and cultural richness of Vallenato folklore, and allow a deepening, improvement and expansion of the contents or academic inputs in the city of Valledupar.