Music of Honduras is very varied. Punta is the main "ritmo" of Honduras with other music such as
Paranda
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History
The city is located around an ancient Paranda Fort and is also an area of m ...
,
Bachata, Caribbean
salsa
Salsa most often refers to:
* Salsa (Mexican cuisine), a variety of sauces used as condiments
* Salsa music, a popular style of Latin American music
* Salsa (dance), a Latin dance associated with Salsa music
Salsa or SALSA may also refer to:
...
,
cumbia
Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, enslaved Africans during colonial times, and Europeans. Examples include:
...
,
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
,
merengue,
soca,
calypso,
dancehall and reggaeton widely heard especially in the North, to Mexican rancheras heard in the interior rural part of the country.
Overview
Honduras' capital
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
is an important center for modern Honduran music, and is home to the College for Fine Arts.
Folk music is played with
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...
,
marimba
The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...
and other instruments. Punta is popular in Honduras. Popular folk songs include ''La ceiba'' and ''Candú''.
There is an Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Honduras (a national
orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
) in
Comayagua.
Notable musicians
*
Banda Blanca
Banda Blanca is a Honduran musical group formed in 1971. They began as a rock band but eventually integrated elements of merengue and punta rock into their music. The group rose to fame in 1990, when their song " Sopa de Caracol" became an int ...
*
Javier Monthiel
Jose Javier Pérez Ramirez (born April 11, 1967), better known by his stage name Javier Monthiel, is a Honduran singer and composer and one of the most outstanding artists in the country. Among his original works are ''Así es mi tierra'', ''Muje ...
* Anima
*
Polache
*
Guillermo Anderson
Guillermo Anderson (February 26, 1962 – August 6, 2016) was one of the best known Honduran Music of Honduras, musicians. A singer-songwriter, his lyrics often touch upon themes of ecology (including exaltation of Honduras' natural landscapes) ...
*
Moisés Canelo
* URANIA
* Khaos
* El Pez
*
Montuca SoundSystem
*
Evolucion Neutra
* Delirium
*
Sueño Digviana
*
Pez Luna
*
Sol Caracol
*
Maria Isolina
*
Dano Cube
*
Atomic Rose
*
Tux Lunan
*
Chia Casanova
*
Nelson Padilla
*
Sam & Dan
*
Most Dangerous City
*
Eduardo Umanzor
*
Rodolfo Bueso
*
LAUREN SOFÍA
* Sergio Ortega
* Volmen
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Reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico.
It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American hip hop, ...
has been popular in the country for many years, and Honduras has emerged as a leading producer of artists. Notable artists include:
* DJ Sy (Syrome)
* Raggamofin Killas
* El Pueblo
* Los Bohemios Del Reggaeton
* DJ Slyfox
* Bullaka Family
* Yerbaklan
* Killa
See also
* Music of Costa Rica
* Music of Peru
The Music of Peru is an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Andean influences can perhaps be best heard in wind instruments and the shape of the melodies, while the African influences can be h ...
* Music of Guatemala
The music of Guatemala is diverse. Music is played all over the country. Towns also have wind and percussion bands that play during the lent and Easter-week processions as well as on other occasions. The marimba is an important instrument in Gua ...
* Music of Panama
* Music of Puerto Rico
The music of Puerto Rico has evolved as a heterogeneous and dynamic product of diverse cultural resources. The most conspicuous musical sources of Puerto Rico have included European, Indigenous, and African influences, although many aspects of P ...
* Music of Mexico
The music of Mexico is very diverse and features a wide range of musical genres and performance styles. It has been influenced by a variety of cultures, most notably deriving from the culture of the Europeans, Indigenous, and Africans. It also ...
* Music of Brazil
The music of Brazil encompasses various regional musical styles influenced by European, American, African and Amerindian forms. Brazilian music developed some unique and original styles such as forró, repente, coco de roda, axé, sertanejo, ...
References
Further reading
* ''Campos Fonseca, Susan:'' “Historia compensatoria y Filosofía: Un caso centroamericano”, en BABAB, Nº33, verano, España, 2008, ISSN · 1575-9385. Disponible en:
*Brill, Mark. Music of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2nd Edition, 2018. Taylor & Francis
* http://www.babab.com/no33/susan_campos.php
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