The Melody Web what each genre heard, and what it passed on

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Heard

Andalusian folk song tradition · 16th century–

Punto canario takes Andalusian peasant copla and plucked-string song — octosyllabic verse, guitar/laúd cycles, named strains such as folía and malagueña — as the settler parent of…

Influence

Punto canario

tradition · 1500–

Also called punto cubano canario, décima canaria

Canary Islands peasant décima-and-plucked-string song: timple or laúd under octosyllabic contest verse. It hears Andalusian folk song for the settler copla and plucked-string job. It already gives Punto cubano the verse-and-laúd job Canarian settlers carried to rural Cuba. Spanish décima leftover as a verse form, not a node. Isa and folía leftover as named Canarian dance-song strains on this node. Canarian folk leftover as a refused catch-all.

Listen

  1. Punto cubano (Canary Islands) Canarian décima tradition (traditional) YouTube
  2. Folías Canarian song tradition (traditional)
  3. Malagueñas canarias Canarian song tradition (traditional) YouTube
  4. Isa Canarian dance-song tradition (traditional) YouTube
  5. Seguidilla canaria Canarian song tradition (traditional) YouTube

Passed on

Punto cubano tradition · 1600–

Cuban punto keeps Canarian décima-and-laúd contest song: octosyllabic stanza, plucked accompaniment, and a rural fiesta job carried by island migrants.

Influence

Andalusian folk song → Punto canario

melodyform and structureinstrumentationperformance practicestrength: mediumscholarly consensus1500–1800migrationoral

Mechanism

Punto canario takes Andalusian peasant copla and plucked-string song — octosyllabic verse, guitar/laúd cycles, named strains such as folía and malagueña — as the settler parent of Canarian décima song. Strength medium. punto canario punto cubano is the later Caribbean hop. Décima leftover as a verse form, not a node. Canarian folk leftover as a refused catch-all. Isa leftover as a strain on the Canarian node.

Evidence

Canary settlement from Andalusia; shared folía/malagueña names; Grove on Canarian song beside Andalusian types; Sublette on Canarian peasant song as the Cuban punto donor.

Debate

Whether Canarian punto is only Andalusian song relocated. Settlement carries the craft; island décima-and-timple practice is the named Canarian recoding.

Mediators

community: Andalusian and Canarian settlers

Punto canario → Punto cubano

form and structuremelodyperformance practicestrength: highscholarly consensus1600–1850migrationoral

Mechanism

Cuban punto keeps Canarian décima-and-laúd contest song: octosyllabic stanza, plucked accompaniment, and a rural fiesta job carried by island migrants. Strength high. Spanish décima leftover as a verse form, not this hop. Andalusian folk song leftover as a catch-all; the named donor is Canarian punto.

Evidence

Canary Islands punto and folía practice; Cuban guajiro décima with laúd; Sublette and Grove on the Canarian settlement path.

Debate

Whether Cuban punto is simply Spanish peasant song. The décima-and-plucked-string contest job is specifically Canarian; other Iberian song types stay leftover.

Mediators

community: Canary Island settlers in rural Cuba