Mayan musical traditions

Write an essay discussing how Mayan musical traditions, including usage, social function, song types and instrumentation compare and contrast between Pre- and Post-Encounter times and the present. Also, discuss how these traditions (old and new) have affected Guatemalan folk music today? Note the usage of songs from your listening list – Amalihani, Los Novios, and Los Trece – that you can use as the specific music examples for your essay.

Required resources:

The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music page 216-233

Music tracks: Amalihani, Los Novios, and Los Trece

WebQuest blogsite on Art Music of Middle Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala)’ link: https://latinamericanmusicblog.wordpress.com/

At least one additional resource of your choice (Oxford Music Online, and Naxos Music Library should be your first choices because they are academic quality resources. Other sites, usually more commercial sites and blogs, may be used but be careful because they sometimes have innacuracies that can be problematic.

Wikipedia? Only as a last choice! If the information on Wikipedia is high quality there will be a list of sources that you can use to verify information – or even use as a source to find the info yourself. So, Wikipedia only as a last resort.