The Organological Evolution of Vallenato: Membranophones and Idiophones

Abstract

This paper analyzes the organological evolution of two percussion instruments representative of vallenato: the caja and the guacharaca. By means of a qualitative methodology of a descriptive-analytical type, the morphological, acoustic and technical-interpretative transformations of these membranophones and idiophones are explored, as well as their progressive incorporation into musical reading and writing systems. The analysis also contemplates its pedagogical and cultural resignification in the field of contemporary artistic training. The systematization of these processes contributes to the consolidation of traditional musical knowledge from an academic perspective, in articulation with the principles of the Special Plan for the Safeguarding (PES) of vallenato, as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.