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    The plena originated in Ponce, Puerto Rico around 1900. It was first performed by immigrants from neighboring Caribbean islands who had settled in Puerto Rico. The music is folkloric and traditionally accompanied by hand drums called panderetas and a scrape gourd. Plena lyrics are typically octosyllabic and assonant, touching on themes from romance to politics to current events. Plena was often called the "sung newspaper" as it spread messages among the lower classes similar to corridos in Mexico. The traditional centers of plena were the barrios of San Antón in Ponce and La Playa in Ponce.

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    The plena originated in Ponce, Puerto Rico around 1900. It was first performed by immigrants from neighboring Caribbean islands who had settled in Puerto Rico. The music is folkloric and traditionally accompanied by hand drums called panderetas and a scrape gourd. Plena lyrics are typically octosyllabic and assonant, touching on themes from romance to politics to current events. Plena was often called the "sung newspaper" as it spread messages among the lower classes similar to corridos in Mexico. The traditional centers of plena were the barrios of San Antón in Ponce and La Playa in Ponce.

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    Puerto Rico Plena: Beat Rhythm Panderos Guiro Pleneras Tambourines

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    The plena originated in Ponce, Puerto Rico around 1900. It was first performed by immigrants from neighboring Caribbean islands who had settled in Puerto Rico. The music is folkloric and traditionally accompanied by hand drums called panderetas and a scrape gourd. Plena lyrics are typically octosyllabic and assonant, touching on themes from romance to politics to current events. Plena was often called the "sung newspaper" as it spread messages among the lower classes similar to corridos in Mexico. The traditional centers of plena were the barrios of San Antón in Ponce and La Playa in Ponce.

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    PUERTO RICO Plena

    The plena originated in ponce around 1900. It was first heard in the neighbourhood arriada de la tona! whose population consisted "ostl# of i""igrants fro" $t. %itts! Tortola! and $t. Tho"as! who had settled on the island since the late 1&00s. 't the beginning! sung te(ts were not associated with the plena! which was rendered b# guitar! accordion and pandero) e*entuall#! in 190+! singing was added. The "usic is generall# fol,loric. The "usic-s beat and rh#th" are usuall# pla#ed using hand dru"s called panderetas! but also ,nown as panderos. The "usic is acco"panied b# a scrape gourd! the guiro. Pleneras rese"ble ta"bourines but without the .ingles. These are handheld dru"s with stretched ani"al s,ins! usuall# goat s,in! co*ering a round wooden fra"e. The# are three different si/es of pandereta used in plena0 the Tu"bador 1the largest of the three2! the $eguidor 1the "ediu"3si/ed dru"2! and the Re4uinto. 'n ad*antage of this percussion arrange"ent is its portabilit#! contributing to the plena-s spontaneous appearance at an# social gathering. Other instru"ents co""onl# heard in plena "usic are the cuatro! the "aracas! and accordions. The funda"ental "elod# of the plena! as in all regional Puerto Rican "usic! has a decided $panish strain) it is "ar,ed in the rese"blance between the plena $anta 5ar6a and a song co"posed in the 5iddle 'ges b# 'lfonso the 7ise! %ing of $pain. The l#rics of plena songs are usuall# octos#llabic and assonant. 8ollowing the uni*ersal custo" the the"e touches upon all phases of life9ro"ance! politics! and current e*ents9in fact! an#thing which appeals to the i"agination of the people! such as the arri*al of a personage! a cri"e! a ban, "oratoriu"! or a hurricane. Plena is often called the periodico cantado or :sung newspaper: for the lower classes because it spread "essages a"ong people! si"ilar to the corridos in 5e(ico. The traditional center of plena was probabl# $an 'nt;n! a barrio of Ponce! although the blac, neighborhood of <o6/a is also "entioned as the heartland for the genre.

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