cancion

Canción ("song") is a popular genre of Latin American music, particularly in Cuba, where many of the compositions originate.

Etymology. Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cantiōnem (accusative singular cantiōnem), modified from the original Old Spanish cançón, which was directly inherited, based on -ción. Compare Portuguese canção, Catalan cançó, French chanson, Italian canzone. Doublet of chanson.

a song originating among the people of a country or area, passed by oral tradition from one singer or generation to the next, often existing in several versions, and marked generally by simple, modal melody and stanzaic, narrative verse. a song of similar character written by a known composer.

song noun,plural can·cio·nes [kahn-thyaw-nes, -syaw-]. Spanish. song.

"Mariachi" means a certain repertoire of music, a special grouping of instruments, and a distinctive style of singing that create an unmistakable sound unique in the world. It has special meaning for many Mexican Americans as an emblem of their cultural heritage and a source of pride and community connections.

Nueva canción texts, often set in traditional Hispanic poetic forms such as the 10-line décima, are usually dense with metaphor and replete with imagery drawn from rural life and lore. With some notable exceptions, the words to most songs are not blatantly political.

nueva canción, (Spanish: “new song”) in Cuba called nueva trova, a genre of pan-Latin American popular music, best known for propelling a powerful populist political movement - especially in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Cuba - during the 1960s and '70s.

First taking shape in the southern cone of South America during the late 1950s and early 1960s, nueva canción, also known as trova and canto, began as a proactive movement that contested the political dictatorships of the times.

Examples of folk songs in the United States today include "Happy Birthday," camp songs, and children's songs. The second meaning of "folk music" is a particular genre of music. The roots of this genre are in traditional music, but it is by no means all traditional.

Feminine Feminine nouns that end in “ción”: The song – La canción.

Acute accents are required if the word ends in a vowel, -n, or -s and the stress is on the last syllable. A Spanish accent is needed since this directly contradicts one of the general pronunciation rules used in spoken language. Some examples include: canción - song.

Song styles and instrumentals performed with mariachi include rancheras, corridos, cumbias, boleros, ballads, sones, huapangos, jarabes, danzones, joropos, pasodobles, marches, polkas, waltzes and chotís. Most song lyrics are about machismo, love, betrayal, death, politics, revolutionary heroes and country life.