The Plectro Trio was founded in 2001. It plays typical Colombian Andean Music with bandola, tiple and guitar. There are many videos with great music by the Plectro Trio.
The colombian bandola is similar to the bandurria of Spain. it has 6 courses with each two or three strings, with a total of 12 or more typical 16 strings. The colombian tiple is shaped like a guitar and has 4 courses with 10 strings.
The majority of these pieces originally composed for ANDEAN COLOMBIAN TRIO by Maestro JAIME ROMERO, have been awarded first place in competitions such as MONO NUÑEZ, COOTRAFA and FESTIVAL DEL PASILLO in Aguadas, Colombia since 1988.
The most outstanding ensembles such as TRIO PALOSANTO, CROMATICO, ESPIRITU COLOMBIANO, PLECTRO TRIO and CUATROPALOS QUARTET among others, have won first prize and/or recorded his themes.
In order to promote Colombian folklore, all these pieces of COLOMBIAN MUSIC for BANDOLA, TIPLE and GUITAR are completly free!. All these themes are duly COPYRIGHT protected and can be freely played for non-commercial activities, otherwise you need to get written permission from the author in order to record or play his music for commercial purposes.
Listen to the complete works for guitar in MIDI, MP3 and WAVE formats and download the scores in PDF format.
Today I want to present an orchestra from Kolombia – the Estudiantina de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. In the spanish speaking countries most universities have tunas or estudiantinas – music ensembles that play plucked instruments like bandola, bandurria, mandolin and guitars and sing.
The videos by the Estudiantina de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira show some interesting and well arranged orchestra pieces.
The main instrument is the colombian bandola, an instrument similar to the spanish bandurria but typically with 16 strings in 6 courses. You can find miore about the colombian bandola in the Atlas of Plucked Instruments:
Enjoy the videos of the Estudiantina de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira!
Fantasia Sobre Motivos Colombianos
Estudiantina Sinapsis Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira
Tema: Fantasía sobre motivos Colombianos
Compositor: Pedro Morales Pino
Arreglos: Germán Posada
La partida (Vals venezolano)
Arreglos: Diego Fernando Sanchez
Presentación de la estudiantina de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira en el Concurso Nacional del Bambuco Luis Carlos González. Noviembre 2 / 2008
Preludio Gm
Estudiantina Sinapsis Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira
Tema: Preludio en GM
Compositor: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Arreglos: Germán Posada
More videos with the Estudiantina de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira:
Today I have searched for new videos from Venezuela with bandola llanera or cuatro – and during this search I have found some videos of an ensemble named Percujazz.
Percujazz is composed of five young musicians, with the typical venezuelan instruments bandola llanera, cuatro and maracas aswell as violin and electric bass.
The ensemble has first met during the Barquisimeto International Jazz Festival where important jazz musicians played, including the famous Alexis Cardenas on violin.
They have created their own style from venezoelan music, lantin american music and jazz – a great mix of rhythms ond styles.
Roberto Perez de Guanare, Bandola Llanera.
Argenis Corvo, E-Bass
Erickson Barquisimeto Escalona, Violine
Rafael Marchan, Cuatro
Sergio Escobar Maracas, Percussion
Percujazz en Concierto: “Bossa Nova para Bandola”
I have composed a playlist with the videos by the Ensemble Percujazz:
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