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What is the name of the Veracruz style featuring improvisational rhymed verses (decimas) sung by a pregonero over a repetitive chord progression, accompanied by jarana, requinto and a donkey's jawbone (quijada)?
Answer: Son jarocho — Son jarocho is the regional style that produced the globally recognised 'La Bamba', with its distinctive rhythmic pattern called sesquialtera alternating between 6/8 and 3/4 time.
- A Son huasteco
- B Son istmeno
- C Son de artesa
- D Son jarocho ✓
Son jarocho is the regional style that produced the globally recognised 'La Bamba', with its distinctive rhythmic pattern called sesquialtera alternating between 6/8 and 3/4 time.