Hive Music Festival | Week, 125 round 2 | "La Diamantina" by Alexander Mariña

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You might be wondering if you have listened to me playing this before. And you'd be absolutely right. This song was part of my entries for the first cycle of December. It isn't weird for me to revisit covers and try to make better versions. The reason for this particular one is simple, it is my entry video for the Festival La Siembra del Cuatro. This is the National Musical Festival that is all about playing the Venezuelan Cuatro.

The theme of this year's festival is Joropo. This is the genre that defines a lot of what Traditional Venezuelan Music is all about. However, they left out the common type of Joropo which is the one from the Plains. I guess this is just to see how do all the musicians that want to partake resolve this problem.

Also, I wanted to pick a piece by my teacher for this time. Since this is only one I actually know, I did my best to add the things that make the Joropo of my region its own thing. Easy enough, it is all about improvisations at the end of the main theme and another one to top it off. You have listened to some of this before if you are a regular in my videos.

Anyways, getting to this version took me 176 tries. You can guess why I didn't record something different for the Hive Music Festival. After so many attempts, one cannot play properly. And the only thing going through my mind is this piece. Besides, you get to see my performance for the festival before anyone else. That is a neat thing!

I hope you like my cover!

• Photos and Video 📹 📷: Redmi Note 13

• Thumbnail 🖼️: Canva.

• Editing 🎬: Adobe Audition CS6, Capcut.

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