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Jota and polka-mazurka

Genre :

Dance music
Tradition :

Tradition of Eo-Navia
Piece name:

Jota et polka-mazurka
Specifics:

Alejandro Das Nenas

Andrés Rodrigues

Eo-Navia, border and transitional land between the territories of Asturias and Galicia, is the cradle of a specific traditional repertoire of dance music.

The musician and analyst Andrés Rodrígues presents a Jota and polka-mazurka performed by Alejandro das Nenas, accompanied on the drum by Venancio de Escaleira.

Recording: Fernando Rodríguez Pérez “L.luarca”
Archives: Xurgar nas Costumes - Location: Barcia, Santalla d'Ozcos, Asturias - Year: 1987
Authorization: Fe Santoveña Zapatero, current owner of the archives after the death of Fernando Rodríguez.

Jota e Polka-Mazurka

General presentation

Presentation of the music of the Eo-Navia

The Eo-Navia, border area and transitional land between the territories of Asturias and Galicia.

The bagpipe and the song: essential elements in the preservation of modal repertoires in the Asturian and Galician tradition linked to the isolation of the mountain territories.

How, through scales and rhythms, can we define a modality in traditional music on the border between Asturias and Galicia?

the modes in the music of the Eo-Navia: the microtonal scales

the ornamentations and ancient rhythmic structures; dances and description of the jota and the polka-mazurka.

The jota dance (rhythm in 3/4) and the link with the muñera dance (in 6/8)

Structure of the work

Study of the recording

Study of the recording of Alejandro Das Nenas, dissection of the two themes that make up the recording to be analyzed.
Presentation of the recording:

General commentary on the play, general structure in three parts:

Study of the piece

The study of the piece (three different parts, in this area it is important to know that this dance piece has three parts and not two as in other neighboring territories) and the analysis of the polka-mazurka (three parts, break in rhythm in the third part).