{"id":2286,"date":"2020-08-19T20:26:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T18:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2020-08-19T22:30:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:30:23","slug":"what-is-jota-didnt-you-ever-heard-that-word-learn-the-basics-of-the-most-popular-traditional-style-all-over-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/whats-up-mapamundimusica\/what-is-jota-didnt-you-ever-heard-that-word-learn-the-basics-of-the-most-popular-traditional-style-all-over-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"What is &#8220;jota&#8221;? Didn&#8217;t you ever heard that word? Learn the basics of the most popular traditional style all over Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>JOTA<\/em>\u00a0FOR NON-SPANISH<br \/>\nLearn the basics of the most popular traditional style of music in Spain<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<h5><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201cAfter decades of flamenco fusions and mestizo m\u00e9langes, Spain is probably in dire need of\u00a0<span class=\"il\">some<\/span>\u00a0raw, honest roots music [\u2026] Folk group\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJry1lW?url=https:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=d390eb2c39&amp;e=170b7c99a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJry1lW?url%3Dhttps:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc%26id%3Dd390eb2c39%26e%3D170b7c99a3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1597947282180000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGZWMpABXHArGQRapvaeEzfz0nX-A\">Vig\u00fcela<\/a>\u00a0have the ultimate credentials.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/rp_G8IkWooDqpuaAfsDc7WBB4mBKbZbQWv2w9rinn2AO5C469Mvey9gOrIgyGhwx28qMMzNXeoyu3CB2VNhYdfuJU8j9XR4Ngz9oMm0rP-S8-L6sQ9ccYPwTGdloXV95bXo6LEazrnzLUabGQgMvmhNKNBKXedjzraI=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc\/images\/388e9dff-9ab7-4cb1-851e-35244f0c5435.png\" width=\"145\" height=\"142\" align=\"right\" \/>Since I read these words\u00a0by Chris Moss in Songlines,\u00a0it has been in my mind the idea of how needed it is to disseminate the traditional music from the center of Spain.\u00a0<strong>A music that is\u00a0<span class=\"il\">so<\/span>\u00a0unknown<\/strong>, not only abroad (that is logical, as\u00a0<span class=\"il\">very<\/span>\u00a0few efforts have been done\u00a0<span class=\"il\">so<\/span>\u00a0far to explain it for the international audiences), but\u00a0<span class=\"il\">also<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">very<\/span> neglected inside our country.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I won&#8217;t hide how much perseverance this vision made us develope,\u00a0but\u00a0<span class=\"il\">also<\/span>\u00a0what a pleasure is for us to share it:\u00a0<strong>the music from this land, from this landscape, that inspired such big epitomes of the creation of histories, from Don Quijote to\u00a0<span class=\"il\">some<\/span>\u00a0of the most inspired images of Pedro Almodovar films.\u00a0<\/strong>In the last months Juan Antonio Torres and me are creating\u00a0<span class=\"il\">some<\/span>\u00a0<strong>videos with a didactic approach<\/strong>\u00a0and now\u00a0<span class=\"il\">we<\/span>\u00a0wanted to share with you this one, made\u00a0<strong>specially for not Spanish people<\/strong>,\u00a0that explains, from the basic, the style that is the most popular: jota. Here you are the video and, below, you&#8217;ll find\u00a0<span class=\"il\">some<\/span>\u00a0concepts that will be useful if you want to delve more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qV3DsXvrmwI\" width=\"650\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>*** A short digress:\u00a0<span class=\"il\">we<\/span>\u00a0can make a lecture about this and\u00a0<span class=\"il\">also<\/span>\u00a0Vig\u00fcela is available to perform in concert. More about the band,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJry9Yb?url=https:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=a5f25e84aa&amp;e=170b7c99a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJry9Yb?url%3Dhttps:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc%26id%3Da5f25e84aa%26e%3D170b7c99a3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1597947282180000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHAuKLgmL_8wYMF_Wq_0WpmIh-DCA\">here<\/a>. ***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>IF YOU WANT TO DELVE<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">As promised above, here you are\u00a0<span class=\"il\">some<\/span>\u00a0concepts to delve into this huge universe of Spanish traditional music:<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Concept\u00a0of style vs. repertoire<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>This concept must be explained using a term that would\u00a0<span class=\"il\">like<\/span>\u00a0a kind of opposite: the repertoire. Style is not a song, it is not a corpus of songs. It is a\u00a0<strong>language of communication through music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Style has\u00a0<span class=\"il\">some<\/span>\u00a0rules, codes, ingredients, let&#8217;s say. When performing style, the rehearsal is not present. The performers use the code to create a conversation. It is\u00a0<span class=\"il\">like<\/span>\u00a0when you speak English: you don&#8217;t know the conversation from before and you don&#8217;t make rehearsal of the conversation. You just talk with the other and you wouldn&#8217;t say the same things if you were talking with other people in any other moment. It is a conversation between all the people involved. What will be said, is not predetermined.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">So<\/span>\u00a0you have to pay attention to what is been said.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Also<\/span>\u00a0the moment to end is not set in advance. Style is fluid. Anyone who speaks the language \/ knows the code of the style can participate.\u00a0That&#8217;s what it makes it\u00a0<span class=\"il\">so<\/span>\u00a0thrilling.<\/p>\n<p>But, in the opposite, the repertoire concept is prefixed. Songs are premade. Only the ones who know the song can participate. The song has the lyrics, melodies&#8230; already predefined. In traditional music in Spain sometimes it is used the term &#8220;jota of the village X&#8221;. And what is performed under this name is\u00a0<span class=\"il\">like<\/span>\u00a0a still picture of the stream of a river. The style is the stream, moving and unpredictable. The repertoire is the still picture. Moreover, that denomination of &#8220;jota XXXX whatever name&#8221; is most of the times product of a deliberate creation in order to have something to rehearse and to put in a stage.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: open sans, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Other styles<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans', 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Jota is one of the styles. You find jota all over Spain in the peninsule and <span class=\"il\">also<\/span>\u00a0in the Islands. It is probably the most disseminated and popular of the styles. The others are:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Son<\/strong>. Learn more in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJryGxd?url=https:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=e067879e66&amp;e=170b7c99a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJryGxd?url%3Dhttps:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc%26id%3De067879e66%26e%3D170b7c99a3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1597947282180000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFVaD45qYVmQ_P5Ri60fRu8PPYoQ\">this other video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fandango<\/strong>. Its family is\u00a0<span class=\"il\">composed<\/span>\u00a0by\u00a0<span class=\"il\">many<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">variations<\/span>: ronde\u00f1a, malague\u00f1a, verata&#8230; It is not the flamenco fandango, that has other codes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seguidilla<\/strong>. It\u00a0<span class=\"il\">also<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">produces<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">many<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">variations<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">some<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<span class=\"il\">them<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">very<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">known<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">like<\/span>\u00a0the &#8220;<span class=\"il\">sevillanas<\/span>&#8220;, that are &#8220;<span class=\"il\">seguidillas<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">sevillanas<\/span>&#8220;,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">so<\/span>, from\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Sevile<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">city<\/span>. In the\u00a0<span class=\"il\">South<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">East<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">there<\/span>\u00a0are\u00a0<span class=\"il\">parrandas<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">peretas<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">manchegas<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">gandulas<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">poblatas<\/span>&#8230; And,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">well<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"il\">even<\/span>\u00a0when\u00a0<span class=\"il\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">love<\/span>\u00a0it, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJryLLg?url=https:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=fc3c9832ce&amp;e=170b7c99a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJryLLg?url%3Dhttps:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc%26id%3Dfc3c9832ce%26e%3D170b7c99a3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1597947282180000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEb9UHx3sedKXGjwPt1F0Hh1uVKPA\">&#8220;<span class=\"il\">seguidillas<\/span>&#8221; by\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Bizet<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">composed<\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Carmen<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">opera<\/span>\u00a0are not proper\u00a0<span class=\"il\">seguidillas<\/span>\u00a0because it doesn&#8217;t use the codes of seguidilla\u00a0X-D.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>And\u00a0<span class=\"il\">we<\/span>\u00a0have\u00a0<span class=\"il\">also<\/span>\u00a0free singing, that is\u00a0<strong>tonada<\/strong>.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">We<\/span>\u00a0have videos too:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJryRlj?url=https:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=81177151cc&amp;e=170b7c99a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJryRlj?url%3Dhttps:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc%26id%3D81177151cc%26e%3D170b7c99a3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1597947282180000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFSoDU9Tql2EKA3g9tVQxyTiYkx4Q\">this is the first<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJryW7l?url=https:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc&amp;id=8e3749f77f&amp;e=170b7c99a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cMJryW7l?url%3Dhttps:\/\/mundimapa.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D993c677d53044839b1b39b2dc%26id%3D8e3749f77f%26e%3D170b7c99a3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1597947282180000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEPyW5aJrT9cScmhnewc-S71rFLug\">this is the second<\/a>. Tonada is not style.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOTA\u00a0FOR NON-SPANISH Learn the basics of the most popular traditional style of music in Spain \u00a0\u201cAfter decades of flamenco fusions and mestizo m\u00e9langes, Spain is probably in dire need of\u00a0some\u00a0raw, honest roots music [\u2026] Folk group\u00a0Vig\u00fcela\u00a0have the ultimate credentials.\u201d\u00a0 Since I read these words\u00a0by Chris Moss in Songlines,\u00a0it has been in my mind the idea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[259,261,260],"class_list":["post-2286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-up-mapamundimusica","tag-jota","tag-music-from-castilla-la-mancha","tag-traditional-music-of-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2290,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286\/revisions\/2290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}