Title of piece: “Cadenas”

Date of composition: 1969

Date of performance/recording: 2008

Composer/Lyricist: Rosendo Romero Ospino

Performer/Instruments: Ivo Díaz y su grupo. Ivo Díaz, vocals; Orangel “El Pangue” Maestre, accordion; Daniel Castilla, caja; Jaine Maestre, guacharaca; José Vásquez, bass; Luis Ángel “El Papa” Pastor, guitar; Jesús Cervantes, congas; Eder Manjarrez and Jesús Saurith, chorus

Form: paseo; verse and chorus

Tempo: moderately fast

What to Listen for:

  • The accordion employs its full melodic range, its lowest and highest notes
  • Note how the melodic line of the solo singer begins by outlining a chord; the second, contrasting part is legato, stepwise, and harmonized
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