What Spanish words describe cumbia and vallenato music?
El tambor is the drum, la flauta the flute, la letra the lyrics, agudo high-pitched (its opposite is grave, low), raspar to scrape, as the guacharaca is scraped with a fork, and quedarse quieto to keep still.
Words of the coast
- el tambor
- the drum
- la flauta
- the flute
- la letra
- the lyrics
- agudo
- high-pitched
- raspar
- to scrape
- quedarse quieto
- to keep still
La flauta de millo, hecha de una caña, da a la cumbia su sonido agudo.The millo flute, made from a cane, gives cumbia its high sound.
Un colombiano de la costa, cuando oye un acordeón, no puede quedarse quieto.A Colombian from the coast, when he hears an accordion, cannot keep still.