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Dies' arrangement of Led Zeppelin's "Four Sticks" features Aztec drums and conch trumpets. "At Conchero [modern Aztec] dance sessions those instruments can sound like heavy metal," Dies says, "and the guitars we use are what the Concheros play The 5/4 rhythm evokes Aztec dance."
They do the "Brandenburg Concerto" as a son jarocho. "Our music director, victor Pichardo, was driving around listening to it with a friend from Ver-or started I adapt. We acruz," Dies says. "The friend says, This sounds just like a zapateado,' and Victor! thinking. It wasn't hard to adapt.' recorded it with a brass quintet from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. They play exactly what Bach wrote. We just built the jarocho around it."See the full content of this document
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Sones de Méxicoplay an innovative brand of folk musicSonts de MexicoFriday, Nov. 30, Overture Center's Capitol Theater, 8 pmSones de Mexico were nomi...See the full content of this document
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