HISTORY
Growing up in a Mexican household, I would explicitly remember waking up on Sunday mornings to vibrant music and order from my parents, to begin cleaning the house. Typically, we would listen to a variety of genres and one of them was Norteno music. My mother danced in between the process of cleaning, and often pulled my siblings or myself to join her (;that is where I acquired my dancing skills.) Up until today we continue to listen to the developed form of Nortenos and of course some of the more original, forms of it.
Norteno music is named for its northern Mexican birthplace; in the 19th century when Maximilian I brought music from Europe to Mexico. Norteno music developed from a blend on Mexican and Spanish oral and musical traditions as well as Germanic musical styles such as Polka (folk music) and Waltz. Nortenos are known to be formed by small groups, also known as conjuntos. Some of the instruments used to orchestrate the unique sound is the drum set, guitar and bass, and sometimes the saxophone (depending on the origin developed.) Traditional Nortenos most characteristic instruments are the accordion and the bajo sexto; what forms the most unique sound acquired. Norteno also has many different regional styles that generate through different parts of the world, including the United States. I myself, tend to listen to these various styles that have been acquired and find every single form of Norteno cultivating.
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